EMB ERJ 135 ER/LR
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness; Confusion
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical
Flight Crew Rejected Takeoff
Human Factors; Procedure
Rejected takeoff initiated by Burbank Tower Controller. We were told to follow [air carrier] immediately after their takeoff roll commenced. BUR Tower instructed us to maintain visual with the preceding aircraft and were cleared for takeoff with 'no delay.' He also informed us that crossing traffic would be an Airbus on a 2-1/2 mile final. We finished our pre-takeoff checklist and initiated our takeoff roll without hesitation or slowing on the runway. All proceeded as normal but at about 100 kts (about 25 knots prior to V1) the Tower Controller said 'XXX; cancel takeoff clearance; exit taxiway Delta.' Hearing this; I immediately retarded the throttles and applied heavy braking; stopping well short of the crossing runway that the arriving Airbus was about to land on. I did as he asked and exited to the right; and commenced taxi back to our original runway for another takeoff. As we exited the runway; I asked the Controller to state the reason for the abort command; to which he replied 'Your takeoff was taking too long and you were too close to the landing traffic.'First off; to the Controller; I would say that if he wasn't sure there was room to launch us due to possible traffic conflict; then he SHOULDN'T have cleared us for takeoff. This seems to be the first and best lesson to draw from this situation. Second; it might have been better to just let us continue to takeoff; because had I not been able to stop before rolling through the crossing; active; runway then we might have been even more vulnerable to a possible collision with the landing traffic. This is hard to second-guess after the fact; but occurred to me just after exiting the runway. Third; if I had to face the same situation again; knowing what I know of Burbank's tendency to put airplanes close together like this; I would just refuse the takeoff clearance. I was under some pressure to catch up with our already late departure; and I think that I rushed more than usual to make sure we didn't lose our takeoff clearance.
Tower cleared us for takeoff Runway 15 while another aircraft was on a 2 mile final for Runway 8. At about 100 KIAS during takeoff roll; Tower canceled our takeoff clearance. We aborted our takeoff and stopped before the intersecting Runway 8. As we came to a stop; the other aircraft touched down on Runway 8. We taxied back and departed 40 minutes later after our brakes cooled down.
A medium transport aircraft flight crew reported aborting a takeoff as a result of conflicting traffic landing on a crossing runway.