woodpecker:
You select reverse and keep it in until very low speed. You remember (too late) the layout of the reversers and fuel soaked gear bay (very close)... its the last thing you ever do.
Interesting thread... I'm surprised reverser use should be quite so deprecated; I was under the impression that (on modern big fans at least) reversers used only 'cold' (relatively) fan air, not the hot core gas stream.
Certainly that's the case on all fans I'm aware of; if I had a 'fuel soaked gear bay' I suspect I'd choose cold air over very hot brakes!
What do the books say?
R1