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[–] 4am@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

I remember seeing this happening while taking off from Charlotte. ATC probably does this on purpose to make estimating turns easier/more predictable rather than trying to time staggered takeoffs and approaches amongst each other. That place must have a fuckton of holding and departing traffic at all hours…