Originally Posted by
CBreezy
This. The moving plane is always responsible for wing clearance. It doesn't matter if the thing you hit is at the gate or on the runway. If you aren't sure you can make it, stop. If you're in a ramp, have your wing walkers come out.
Uh, really?
Haven't you heard of Minimum Service Time?
Plus the E-175 is the future and wing walkers cost money, it surely must have been the fault of the parked A320!
Parked airplanes be damned, it all about D:0 and A:0!
I'm just surprised they didn't blow another slide?