elvisAteMySandwich
Pre-takeoff checklist
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elvisAteMySandwich
Newly minted instrument pilot here trying to understand ATC's expectations. I'm in the runup area today. As I'm awaiting IFR release - which took a while today, VFR traffic does their runup and taxis to hold/short line for departure. Well, tower gives me my release and tells me to line up behind a Cessna that's about to depart. As I start to taxi from the runup area, I notice a cherokee that wasn't paying attention start moving forward to be behind the Cessna. I wasn't sure what kind of window I had for my IFR release so I keyed up the mike to let the tower and cherokee know. As soon as I said something, the cherokee realized and stopped, allowing me to proceed behind the cessna and do an immediate takeoff.
But if I hadn't said anything, what would have happened? If I ended up lined up behind the cherokee, could I have lost my release time window and would tower have had to get me a new one? What should I do if/when this kind of thing happens in the future?
But if I hadn't said anything, what would have happened? If I ended up lined up behind the cherokee, could I have lost my release time window and would tower have had to get me a new one? What should I do if/when this kind of thing happens in the future?