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Old 15th August 2005 | 19:08
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TheOddOne
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From: Down at the sharp pointy end, where all the weather is made.
Winston,

Can't speak for other aerodromes, but as far as Gatwick is concerned, the answer for all departures in the past 16 years (approximately 2 million deps) is ZERO, NONE, NIL.

It must be an extremely rare event.

We've had a couple of rejections (ar abandonments, call them what you will) at quite high energies that have resulted in a max performance stop within the runway, but has given us seized brakes, burst tyres etc. Pretty rare events and at the time very stressy to deal with. However, given the choice between dealing with multiple brake, wheel & tyre changes on the closed runway and digging an over-run out of the soft (probably taking days rather than hours) I'll take the former.

I know it won't make any difference me saying it, because everyone already does, but if you do need to reject, use absolutely max. stopping power by all means possible, to remain on the hard stuff.

Cheers,
The Odd One
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