argh -- flight plan routes

"jsmith" wrote in message
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Doesn't always work.
You can pick up your clearance but be held for release.
Happened to me this weekend at when trying to depart KMWO (Middletown OH).
We received our clearance prior to startup, were told to call back for
release when ready to depart, and taxied to the departure end of the
runway. We called back for release from Rwy 05 and were advised that there
was an aircraft ten miles out on the approach to Rwy 23 to the airport.
Winds were 060 at 7kts. After the inbound aircraft went missed, we called
for release and were advised that there was a second aircraft now inbound
on the 23 approach.
We could have requested a VFR departure and gotten out immediately, but
instead elected to wait for the first aircraft to arrive. Little did we
know ATC would slip another aircraft inbound while we waited. The worst
part of this was there was a VFR aircraft behind us who had to wait
because there was not enough room on the taxiway to go around us.


What type aircraft were you flying and what type was the VFR aircraft behind
you? The runway is 100' wide, there should have been plenty of room for you
to allow the VFR aircraft to taxi past you and depart. Nothing prevents you
from taxiing on the runway briefly.