Originally Posted by
Fursty Ferret
Everything depends on the airline and the maintenance packages they use.
Airline A might find it cheaper to hammer the brakes instead of the engines. Airline B might be vice-versa and prefer flap full and max reverse. Airline C might be using different brake material.
The reality is that 90% of carbon brake wear happens on taxi-out.
I agree yeah, as a former LCC operator With regards to kinetic energy, a flap 3 landing and an associated vapp increase ultimately v in the following of 1/2mv squared will result in a far higher kinetic energy which been dissipated as thermal energy and thus a brake energy increase . Regards ,Nervous .