While the system uses ready calls for priority, in my humble opinion, Alpha turning into Echo is approaching the holding point and fair game.
Let's be real, a Short Taxi doesn't mean priority, and waiting 1 min may have been because of wake turb on a crossing runway, hence the person calling ready first had priority.
It's an average system. Perhaps those who taxi first should get priority at the holding point if traffic allows.
Last edited by Bula; 6th Jul 2017 at 10:47.