Originally Posted by
dera
This is the part I don't understand. At Envoy we get the closeout and TPS before we close the door. What's the logic at AA with this?
You work with the same system. No real difference. The issues arise when they send you to a runway or runway intersection that your current TPS does not have, and/or some issue (maybe an unanticipated tailwind) came up after you started taxiing. These are the things that can delay you out there.