Not going into this whole Brussels airport discussion.. It's all Belgian politics, which are (luckely) part of my past. Just ask the DHL (EAT) guys what their plan will be once DHL will move to former East-Germany.
Grunner - You CAN NOT exceed designed full power on an airbus. The TOGA detend is just that, and you can use it whenever you want. It's different to a Boeing where you can firewall the engine and go over the maximum parameters, but I think this is such a basic knowledge for any pro pilot.
I do agree the wear and tear on engines will be greater by using TOGA, hence the reason why we all use FLEX or Derated TO technique.
MR8
I wasn't aware that there was a difference like this between Boeing vs Airbus designs. I always thought that any differences were ascribable only to the technolgy differences in engine designs.
Do you by any chance have an example of similar age-model engines being able to be operated over maximum parameters on a Boeing but not on an Airbus