Originally Posted by
WHBM
Did you never see O'Hare with the old 6-runway star-shape intersecting runways layout (in fact very much like the old Heathrow layout of long ago) in the evening rush ?
I'm aware of the old O'Hare layout, but stand by my comment that they wouldn't have been able to launch 6 heavies in one minute. Mediums taking VFR departure separation, sure. But not heavies. Even with the current parallel runway configuration and arrivals they'd be hard pressed to launch 6 heavies in one minute.