Hi all,
As regards autobrakes, I always recommend that the PF not use autobrakes at all, but select normal thrust reverse ASAP after touchdown, and then use the brakes as required below 80 knots.
This way, we never seemed to get 'hot' brakes, as we so often did with using "MIN" and normal reverse.
Although the company (AAI), used to recommend "MIN" autobrakes for all landings.
Even medium to heavy use of the brakes below 80 knots never seemed to get the brakes as hot as "MIN" autobrakes.
It works, try it!
This was B747 Classic.
Cheers
PS. Boeing says that full manual footbrakes will stop you faster in dry Wx, than will "MAX" autobrakes, and you can choose when to start ie. after the NLG is on the hard stuff!