Originally Posted by
FlightDetent
it is not approved to reverse the A/C (negative GS) with reverser use.
You got there before me Flight Detent. Was just composing correction!
Clearly in that very unlikely situation, which was purely illustrative, you would have to be going backward to achieve 60 kts IAS. But that was not really the point which is that it is IAS that governs the point at which you go from full reverse to reverse idle.
That said we did reverse back in Berlin for a period to evaluate not using the pushback vehicles. It didn't catch on due to the number of broken windows in then terminal due to FOD being thrown forwards but it works!
And I have used it when we were not near any buildings or people on a clean surface (while it was still permitted in the Vol 1 Manual.
Thanks for picking that up.
R Guy