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BK
You are probably correct in your logic thinking since one was going to the Gate. In some cases you have to look further down the line and see what ATC is doing that caused one to hold (arrival) at that point on the taxiway.
It may have nothing to do with the plane taxing to the hold short in the opposite direction but then again it could be that ATC wants your arrival over on the parallel taxiway the outbound is using.
Only when the outbound arrived at the holdshort did ATC release the arrival for a continuation toward parking. It is the blind leading the blind and ATC does not always know the position of each planes movement until it crosses a node or changes to a different taxiway designator.
This type technology goes back to the days of real world ATC where they did not always know where a plane was until the plane reports its position from a manual mike (voice). Thats when ATC would update the shrimp boat strip. ATC movement on ground in FSX is a true closed loop and updates the loop based on the plane passing over something (node) or onto something (new taxiway link) or up to something (a hold short node)
Because your taxiway is not a segmented taxiway (I am assuming) then ATC can't release the arrival for further movement until the departure plane is at a place ATC knows where it is.
KMIA
I set the L taxiway so when AI Planes land on 8L the diamonds across 8R do not penalize and hold up the arrival plane.
Plane lands on 8L/26R and gets it parking spot assigned. At that point the plane thinks the taxiway is a clear taxiway all the way to the GATE at least when crossing the runways so I don't see a hold put on them over there. The hold is normally put on them once they cross over 8R/26L which is the departure runway. Some AI have to hold until a taxiway or Gtae parking is cleard out before they continue.
You are probably correct in your logic thinking since one was going to the Gate. In some cases you have to look further down the line and see what ATC is doing that caused one to hold (arrival) at that point on the taxiway.
It may have nothing to do with the plane taxing to the hold short in the opposite direction but then again it could be that ATC wants your arrival over on the parallel taxiway the outbound is using.
Only when the outbound arrived at the holdshort did ATC release the arrival for a continuation toward parking. It is the blind leading the blind and ATC does not always know the position of each planes movement until it crosses a node or changes to a different taxiway designator.
This type technology goes back to the days of real world ATC where they did not always know where a plane was until the plane reports its position from a manual mike (voice). Thats when ATC would update the shrimp boat strip. ATC movement on ground in FSX is a true closed loop and updates the loop based on the plane passing over something (node) or onto something (new taxiway link) or up to something (a hold short node)
Because your taxiway is not a segmented taxiway (I am assuming) then ATC can't release the arrival for further movement until the departure plane is at a place ATC knows where it is.
KMIA
I set the L taxiway so when AI Planes land on 8L the diamonds across 8R do not penalize and hold up the arrival plane.
Plane lands on 8L/26R and gets it parking spot assigned. At that point the plane thinks the taxiway is a clear taxiway all the way to the GATE at least when crossing the runways so I don't see a hold put on them over there. The hold is normally put on them once they cross over 8R/26L which is the departure runway. Some AI have to hold until a taxiway or Gtae parking is cleard out before they continue.
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