B737 Brake Temperature assessment methods.
Most B737 series do not have brake temperature gauges. The only way a pilot knows the brakes are hot is during the walk-around inspection. But there are varying degrees of "hot." What method can a pilot use therefore to ascertain the brake temperature in order to minimise the risk of fusible plug blow. There are brake temperature tables but unless a thermometer is available these mean nothing. I recall a Boeing document that stated if the hand cannot be held on the brake assembly then by definition the brakes are "hot." But I am sure if that assessment method was used, few aircraft could depart on time on the short turn-around schedules used by LCC.