.. but, no doubt, you do a carrier approach .. not one knot fast, no/minimal flare, max autobrake, lots of noise from the reversers ? ... with your heart in your mouth every time ? .. and a mandatory missed approach from the flare if you are not on the ground by, say, 1200 feet in from the end ?
I would hate to be responsible for your maintenance cost centre and can only speculate as to the insurance premiums for such an approach to the commercial realities of a nasty runway environment.
If your operator has negotiated it with the relevant authority then one presumes that they have built some fat into the process ... definitely a sweaty way to make a quid for the crew .... and if 15 per is the only fat, then ... rather you than me.
[ 13 January 2002: Message edited by: john_tullamarine ]</p>