You know you're going to have a bad flight when....

[Valoran]

Unless you load up the simulator, get yourself situated at the gate, then let the ai sort itself out for about 10 minutes while you go make
lunch or see what the "in-flight" movie is (what's on tv tonight). If you come back in a while, the line-ups are usually much shorter and you
can start up FSp and begin your pre-flight. That's what I do anyway. I run every official package from PAI plus 4 or 5 big namers from
WoAI so I've got some pretty busy skies at times. Other than that, if you are running a smaller plane, just line up at a taxi hold that isn't off
the end of the runway, (Like at McCarran or other places). There's usually plenty of runway for a good takeoff and ATC puts you first in line
once you cut through the radio traffic and request clearance. At McCarran, the AI planes all line up for takeoff at the runway entrance that
opens into the overrun area at the end of the runway. There is a taxiway that opens onto the actual end of the runway right next to the
other one. I just line up there, get clearance, and take off instead of waiting in line for 10 or 12 airliners. I've seen many other airports
with similar taxi-runway configurations like that as well.