Jose wrote:


That depends on the reason the takeoff clearance was immediate, and (if
it's due to incoming traffic) how close it was. Cancelling the takeoff
clearance and telling the landing traffic to go around (if that's what
the issue is) comes to mind.

You're a controller. What would your response be?


The controller said the traffic was inside the marker. Presumably
the outer marker (6.5 miles from the threshold, the middle marker
would have been less than a half a mile, and inside the marker would
have been less than 30 seconds...not some time to be dinking around
on the runway).