Originally Posted by
Albert Hall
I’d heard that the Embraer 145 performance on a wet runway at SOU was wholly unworkable, prompting a diversion on a soggy day. A payload restriction every day combined with the chance of a diversion or cancellation on a wet day would - I think - be enough to put any airline off.
When the E145s started operations they were weight restricted on a wet runway. Embraer came up with an intermediate flap setting (I believe "flap 13") which significantly improved performance/weight restrictions.
I also remember a conversation with tha BRAL flight ops manager who indicated if a close in obstacle (tree in/adjacent to Marhill Copse) were reduced/removed a significant further improvement in take-off performance would result, increasing take-off weights by tonnes.
Now the birds have finished nesting anyone yet heard the sweet sound of chainsaws around Marhill Copse?