Re:Why the Austin airport situation was so dangerous
by ninjagoo on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:31PM
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>> They were at the runway already, there's no way for them to have lost their place in the queue for that runway 18L [1].
> Sure there is, enter the runway at bravo, right turn foxtrot, left on alpha and join the conga line. Happens all the time at places like JFK (admittedly Austin is not JFK).
This routing appears to require the SouthWest aircraft to enter the active runway with FedEx Heavy on Final to that end, presumably the problem we're trying to avoid ...
In both cases, SW would be well within their rights to say "unable to comply".
> Sure there is, enter the runway at bravo, right turn foxtrot, left on alpha and join the conga line. Happens all the time at places like JFK (admittedly Austin is not JFK).
This routing appears to require the SouthWest aircraft to enter the active runway with FedEx Heavy on Final to that end, presumably the problem we're trying to avoid ...
In both cases, SW would be well within their rights to say "unable to comply".