Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Slightly, but having another airplane land on top of you delays your
departure even more.



Well, if the visibility is such that the arriving aircraft can't see you and
it lands on top of you, then it's unlikely that sitting kind of sideways
would allow you to see him.



Boy, I just checked my log book. I landed at Sarasota Florida on
runway 14 on March 10, 2000 on top of a black spot on the runway.

An honest-to-God FAA controller had cleared a plane for position and
hold and at the same time cleared another airplane to take off.

They hit at the intersection where the first plane was in position and
hold. The plane that hit them was an instructor with a student pilot.

For the life of me, I can't see why it happened, but the plane that
was in position and hold never had a chance to see the plane that ran
into them.

So what is so honest-to-God bad about not lining up perfectly on the
runway instead of stopping a little bit crossways to watch what is
happening on the runway?

And don't give me any excuses about one of the aircraft not obeying
ATC instructions. Neither plane did anything against ATC
instructions. Read the NTSB report. It was a human error on the part
of the controller.

Mike Weller