<<Confused low-time private pilot here  (I've got 65 hours)   If the 727
landed after the intersection..wouldn't you have touched down beyond his
touchdown point?  I was told that you rotate before the larger aircraft and
stay above their path on takeoff--and for landing, you stay above their
glideslope and set down after their landing point.
Adam>>

You don't sound confused to me - I think the wording was confusing before.
When landing after pretty much anything heavier than I am I'll keep the
glide slope steep (VFR) as most airliners will follow the ILS glide slope
Then I'll aim long, touching down well after the leading plane's nose gear
drops.  When landing immediately following a take-off by a heavier plan I'll
aim short, getting down and slowed before the other plane lifts its nose.
When taking off behind a large aircraft I'll make sure I can get off way
before the rotation point of the previous plane and then I make sure I turn
away before I might penetrate his usually steep climb path.  When taking off
immediately after a landing heavier aircraft I'll taxi down the runway,
avoiding speed until after the point at which the preceding plane dropped
its nose.  Or I wait.

Don't know if that has all the bases covered, but it seems to be a
reasonable procedure.  It looks like one problem with the IV is that it's
runway requirements are closer to that of heavier planes, making it more
difficult to keep flight path separation.

Gary Casey
ES #157