Larry in TN
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It is common for only a portion of the width of the runway to be cleared initially. Will have to find out if it was cleared full-width and the height of any snow banks that may have been present.
Toronto - Delta Airlines CRJ-900 upside down, Flight 4819 from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Toronto
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My wife gets ****ed when I make cracks about the centerline being out of service during her landings.
Gilbert Buettner
Cleared for Takeoff
I tell my students, "Don't worry about the centerline, that's for the professionals."
Daleandee
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I was told it was my job to rub all the paint off the centerline so the maintenance guys would have something to do. Somedays I actually find it ...
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You don't want to be *too* much on the centerline for takeoff though:
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I'm gonna start using that excuse ...
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I'm gonna start using that excuse ...
Start using? Hell, I brief “slightly off centerline for pax comfort”.
Gilbert Buettner
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Tower: "Captain, you seem to be a little bit left of the centerline."
Captain: "That's right. And the copilot is a little bit right."
Captain: "That's right. And the copilot is a little bit right."
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only for a little while...