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Old 11th Apr 2007, 04:09
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On the 75 /767 I try to avoid that 'lurch' when the autobrakes disengage with manual braking by sloowly starting to retract the spoilers just a hair on the rollout.

It doesn't take much movement and you get a nice smooth disengagement.
I still believe in reverse thrust though and dislike the emphasis at my company and others to use idle reverse to 'save fuel and wear and tear'

My opinion is you should use every available stopping device on the aircraft and I still do.

Habits become ingrained. The Qantas 744 that slid off the end of the runway in Bangkok had a lot of issues, but one of the facts later discovered was they only used Idle reverse.

So what if it saves fuel and so what if carbon brakes work better when hot, they still work perfectly well in conjunction with reverse.

Furthermore, and especially in wet / slippery conditions you may select for example 'autobrake 3' but not achieve that deceleration rate as that is all the anti skid can give you.

Reverse will 'help' to achieve the desired deceleration rate.

One day you will be glad you used it, it's too late when you are in the 'red lights'
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