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Old 23rd Mar 2019, 14:12
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Originally Posted by A37575

A short test of reverse idle at an appropriate point before takeoff would have revealed this maintenance defect.. Another cue for good airmanship?
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Just in case I would also check the spoilers movement, and check the engines are getting up to toga thrust should I need it, and also check the flaps travel down to 3 if I need to come back quickly and also I would close manually the outflow vale and pressurise the plane to check it does pressurise. Anyway short answer to the above : no, it's not, as performance data is there for you to consider a no reverse situation up to a contaminated runway.
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