turning right as soon as the wheels break ground.
Yeah, those head to head arrivals and takoffs were a bit unnerving at first, but one gets use to it. I only had to go around once* that I can remember because the departing aircraft started its takeoff too late.
The tower was not pleased, neither was I really. They kept telling the crew to either start their takeoff immeditely or clear the runway and of course they did neither untill I had to go around. After I started the miss, they finally took off.
The tower gave them their landline number and told them to call back after they landed, wherever they were going. I never found out if they did or not.
That's just the way it is in Aspen, ya got to roll with the punches.
* The more that I think about it now, it happend about three or four times in all those years, but I think the above was the only time it was a corporate jet. The other times they were light aircraft.
But have to admit, there were times I could see what color tie the departing pilot was wearing.
