Originally Posted by
Awol57
I don't work at ML so I can't say for sure why the stopping happens but a likely cause is the ADC being busy with something else. The SMC has to coordinate the crossing, so if the ADC is tied up doing something else, that could be why you stop for no apparent reason. I'd like to think that most of us do try to keep you moving as much/often as we possibly can
Yes, sorry, I didn't mean to come across as having a go, I realise that a controller may have dozens of balls in the air at anyone time, most of them unseen to us.
It's just frustrating sometimes when you see the picture developing and attempt to put yourself in the position to maximise the opportunity to cross or keep it rolling for takeoff, then things come to a stop... immediately followed by go go go, hurry hurry hurry.