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If cleared for take-off immediately following the very low approach and overshoot of a large aircraft, the pilot should

  1. Atake off immediately otherwise the trailing vortices will descend into the flight path.
  2. Btaxi to position on the runway and wait until it is considered safe to take off.
  3. Cdecline take-off clearance and inform ATC of the reason for non-acceptance.Correct answer
  4. Dwait for 2 minutes after the large aircraft has passed then take off.

Why this is the answer

If accepting the clearance would put the aircraft into the large aircraft's wake, the pilot must decline take-off and tell ATC why. Wake-turbulence avoidance is the pilot's responsibility, so taking off immediately or waiting on the runway is unsafe.

Reference

TC AIM-RAC – ATC Clearances, Instructions and Information Flight Training Manual Chapter 16 – Take-Off

Question reproduced verbatim from Transport Canada’s PSTAR Study and Reference Guide (TP 11919E). The answer key is Transport Canada’s; the explanation is ours.

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