Originally Posted by
dixi188
Back around 1980 at Gatwick, Laker AW BAC 1-11s used reverse idle and braked to make a turn off to save engine wear, whereas BCAL used full reverse to save on brake wear.
They were likely both exactly right for their circumstances.
A possible scenario is that AW owned the engines. Treating it with kid gloves was worth it at overhaul time at the expense of brakes.
BCAL may have had a power by the hour arrangement. The extent of the overhaul wasn’t their problem. But brakes were.
As alluded to above, there are a lot of financial variables that go into this that a mere pilot will not have the data to be expert in. The bean counters do.
Do what the company says, unless you think there’s a safer way that day. That’s what your fourth stripe is for.