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by asharpe 4406 days ago
There is a beauty to a system that has been designed and implemented so effectively where almost every example will be a unique deployment yet simply work. There is a whole other layer of directions on the taxi ways that ensures planes can keep moving and is standardised across all airports. Doesn't sound like an important factor, but when the wind changes and you have to have all planes take off (and land) in another direction ... and they don't have reverse ...