Andrew Gideon wrote:
On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:59:35 -0600, Newps wrote:


Experience. But if you miss an exit he'll just cancel the takeoff
clearance and have the MD80 hold in position.


So there's no chance that two things will go wrong? I'm thinking, for
example, of a blown tire in the just-landed aircraft combined with a
communication failure (either "mechanical" or human) which prevents the
aircraft taking off from hearing the clearance cancellation.



Anything can happen at anytime. But it usually doesn't. When something
happens we'll adjust, but until then we'll use what is known to work.