Originally Posted by
Judd
In many cases, company and/or noise abatement requirements dictate pilots only use reverse idle after touch down. So harsh braking to make a quick exit is invariably the usual result.
Just a note about the physics involved with reversers and brakes, and how it’s often misunderstood....
To go from, for example, 130 kts at the threshold to 50 kts at the rapid exit over 1500 m landing distance, is exactly the same deceleration rate whether you use max reverse or not. Idle reverse means hotter brakes, as they’re are doing all the work, but the deceleration rate (and associated sensations as pax/crew) are unchanged.
The only case where reversers offer an absolute increase in deceleration rate is where your are already using max braking.