Morgans wrote:
"Roger" wrote


Several times I've been looking at a quarter mile, or longer, line of
planes ahead and heard, Thirty Three Romeo, turn on next taxiway, hold
short for departing traffic. Expect intersection departure. When they
said cleared for departure it had the word "expedite" in there. (Do
they still do that?


So they let you jump line, so you could get off quicker? Cool!

Sometimes the big guys have in-trail separation requirements if they are going
the same direction, and they can get off a bugsmasher in the interval while
they're waiting for the required in-trail separation on the jets.

DGB