Time on position reporting
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In my humble opinion, 12:05:46 wouldn't be technically wrong. But when I ussue a time-based clearance, I assume that an aircraft would execute it at precisely the time specified. Why? Because otherwise, using the most common 'rounding to the nearest minute' method (so that 12:05:30 is expressed as 12:06), one aircraft could leave the holding let's say at 12:04:29 and following one at 12:06:30, while my goal was to let the first one out at 04 and second at 07, in order to achieve 3min spacing. In that case I have only two minutes. It's a 33% difference, so it's significant.
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You can leave the hold any time after 05 and 30 seconds...if the controller doesn't like it, he will give you a tweak or additional speed control.
Not sure what the others think, but I prefer early out rather than late, I can always stretch someone out, but it's a bugger to make up lost time.
Not sure what the others think, but I prefer early out rather than late, I can always stretch someone out, but it's a bugger to make up lost time.
