The "holding position" is too close to the runway

[AKuzmin]

The “holding position” is too close to the runway.
It should be located further away.
Its purpose is to safely position an aircraft awaiting takeoff.

Real:

[Jettuh]

While I agree it looks better to have it a bit further away from the runway, in terms of gameplay it might actually be a downside.
It means that it takes longer for an airplane to roll onto the runway and take off.
So you’re blocking the runway for a longer period of time, maybe not a problem if you have multiple runways or a small airport, for a busy one it might actually start causing delays

[AKuzmin]

This is not as critical as the intersection of the trajectories of a stationary aircraft and an approaching aircraft.
Such things spoil the whole visual component of the game.

[LPB]

I can understand, that it might look strange sometimes. But having the planes holding on the taxiway instead of the runway ramp, means that no plane can cross behind. At my airport, where I use staggered depatures that would mean, that I could not have two planes (LArge and Medium for exmaple) in the “ready-position” at the same time.

Please consider it´s a game after all, and as long as the map size is quite limited, it would be very challenging to fit everything to spend even more space for the taxi/departure infrastructure.

[andyc]

Those objects were designed when there weren’t big birds in the game. It’s something for the finetuning and as mentioned, when we have bigger maps by default.

[arawn]

After we get into beta they can adjust the ramp size of medium and large making them bigger and adjust the parking position on the ramp … Just gonna take up more map space that’s all