Originally Posted by
Killaroo
A little Commuter Jetstream appeared at the Holding Point on the opposite side of the runway and was given barked instructions to line up after a landing Air France A330 on short finals, and be ready immediate.
Originally Posted by
shedsd330
GOBSMACKING! And also reeks of total rubbish or in New York talk ‘complete
bull
.’ Line up after landing traffic isn’t a legal clearance in US today and certainly wasn’t when Jetstreams and American MD-11’s flew out of Kennedy (been at least 15 years).
Yep, they don't do 'line up after landing traffic' in the U.S. And he didn't even start the yarn with 'Now, this is no s**t..."
Good story though...