To answer your Q. about how the a/c is operated in Europe I think the answer is 'to its limit'. Long sector lengths, max alt cruise etc. Am I correct in thinking that in the US it's mainly sectors of about an hour, cruising in the mid or high 20's? Our a/c have no reversors partly because landing performance is not (officially) improved by having them, I believe due to their unavailability if asymmetric.
As a general rule it's about a mile needed for t/o and a kilometre for landing.
The wheel brakes work really well but heat up v.quickly.
BA Connect use the EU model. Do you land F22 routinely? Do your lot do Monitored Approaches?
Last edited by brain fade; 22nd Sep 2006 at 01:30.