Originally Posted by
Rice power
The last radar trace showed longbow 787 at 100 ft with the trailing aircraft at 900 ft.
That gives the preceeding aircrat just over a minute to get off the runway which is more than adequate for both time and distance given 31R is 10000 ft long
As a professional airline pilot it is your responsibility to get off the active runway in an expeditious manner, obviously with safety being the overriding priority.. That may be tempered with a reverser inop or a brake locked out so we may never know, however either of those senerios could be mitigated by a call to the approach controller before being placed to the tower that you have some reason that will need extra spacing. (You hear it from 747-800 pilots all the time with a min approach speed of circa 160 kts lloking for more spacing from preceeding aircraft or requiring a "long" landing )
A 787 has magnificent braking capability so suggest there maybe more to this than what is readily apparent from this video.
The tower controller is not responsible for the spacing on final, that lies with approach, but he is responsible to get the aircraft down and off the runway asap.
The pilot is responsible for getting the aircraft down and off the runway..