"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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I suppose, but what right-minded controller would plant a 737 on a runway
to
wait for an IFR clearance? In my mind, an ex-controller, or a =very=
unusual
circumstance.


It was a 747. The controller didn't plant him on the runway so that he
could wait for an IFR clearance, he was taxiing for takeoff while the
clearance was on request. Nor did he wait on the runway for his IFR
clearance, he was issued the IFR clearance and still had to wait for the
runway to become available for his takeoff.