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8th February 2019 | 00:45

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Jonty

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From: big green wheely bin

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Originally Posted by giggitygiggity

Precisely, if it was a limitation, it would be in the FCOM-LIM. Years ago I remember a good captain denying me flaps 3 whilst the gear was travelling (after admittedly I forgot to configure in time). We finally selected flaps full out at about 1020ft (so 20ft away from our approach gate) to satisfy his limitation. People get so caught up in this crap that they totally miss the big picture. He would have probably rather have executed a go-around than 'stressing' the hydraulics .

Or you should learn to configure in time.

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