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Old 2nd Jun 2005, 17:35
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ia1166
 
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Thanks for the post JW411. Actually i have practiced it in the sim. I witness many RTOs, MLW landings and the like for 2 weeks every month. I have a few goes to experiment myself at the end of the checks i do on people. I see crews stay on the rwy and those who go off with the same conditions. You need to brake hard. The fact that all the tyres survived makes me suspect that max braking wasn't used. In the end its debatable what is worse, a brake fire or going off the end, but thats another story.
The figure of 800 or so is an ALD from 50' above the threshold, chop the throttles, don't flare and apply max braking. No reverse. But then you seem so knowledgable i'm sure you know this.
And i have landed at MLW, a lot in places all over the world, but as i'm always on the numbers, i don't need to thrash the brakes. I have also done the same in a 757. Can't say i have seen much difference to speak of.
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