Full Power Before Brakes Off
I had the fun of flying out of Cork this evening. I thought it was a short runway (but it seems to be 6000') for a near-full 738 because the engines were wound right up with the aircraft shaking before the brakes got released with a thunk (and something clattering in the galley) and there wasn't much runway left as we got airborne. An interesting takeoff, anyway, is this normal for Cork?
Oh, and several minus points to whoever thought up the silly fanfare played to celebrate the on-time arrival of yet another flight, especially as we then sat on the taxiway at STN for a few minutes while an outbound aircraft cleared the gate area.