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Originally Posted by D as in David
That's likely an ATC mistake, right? How long would it take for the landing plane to cover 3 miles? Doesn't seem like enough time for the departing plane to position itself on the runway and then take-off. Did the controller think they were already on the runway and not short of it?
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Definitely an ATC mistake yes. Even on a good day letting that 737 go in front of a plane on a 3 mile final is a no-go. If you do, you tell them to do it with no delay, which he didn't even do. To make it worse, it's a heavy on a CAT3 landing, so the pilots in the Fedex aren't even looking out the window, they are glued to their instruments.
It sounds like Austin airport doesn't even have ability to track planes on the ground in low vis as well, as he had to ask if they were rolling. The whole thing goes against so many best practices. I have no idea why ATC felt the pressure the let Southwest go.