In even more primitive aircraft the Flight Engineer would take our weight and look up what the maximum temperature was that we could depart our assigned runway at that weight. They would then look up what "full" thrust was at that temperature. We would set the EPR bugs at that assumed temp thrust setting. We should meet all required performance numbers doing that. We always had the option of introducing Mr. Thrust Lever to Mr. Radar Screen if things started coming unglued.
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