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Old 21st March 2007 | 11:24
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Tee Emm
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When should captain take over control after F/O landing?

In the B737 the captain has the nose wheel tiller. Often captains prematurely take control of the landing run from the first officer's landing at speeds varying from 80 knots down to 50 knots but very rarely allow the F/O to retain control until the aircraft has reached a safe taxi speed. Seems that captains have individual "twitch" factors. The more twitchier, the quicker they grab control from the F/O. There is adequate nosewheel steering via the rudder pedals so why the blinding hurry to take control especially if reverse thrust is still being applied by the F/O.
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