Originally Posted by
Fursty Ferret
Carbon brakes wear very differently to the steel brakes you're familiar with. Carbon brake wear is linked to number of applications which is why auto brake is preferred as it gives a single continuous application.
Yes. As well, most of the brake wear occurs on taxi out, not on landing.
A pet peeve of mine is people who disconnect the autobrake by a stab on the brakes, then proceed to jerk their way down the runway then brake harder and harder to make a turnoff that would have worked nicely if the AB had been left in. As a passenger it’s not a great experience and hard braking late on makes you wonder if an overrun is imminent. Same with parking - smoothly onto the stand then full on the brakes at the very end when you have a readout of your groundspeed and also the exact distance to run. Aaarggh!