air france/yyz also took 17 seconds to get into reverse after touchdown...18 seconds for southwest/midway.
ONE question is the thrust reversers status...There is a post indicating that number two was on MEL. certainly post crash analysis will answer thrust reverser use.
Kudos to the gentleman who posted the warning about going around after thrust reversers are deployed...I've not seen good enough imagines to verify if the number one thrust reverser had been deployed, even if the number two was stowed iaw MEL.
rules of thumb about speed...for every one knot extra 2percent more runway
for every 10 feet higher than normal at the threshold, an extra 200 feet of runway needed .
this was a demanding landing...for the pilot's sake, I hope the FDR shows on speed on sink with firm touchdown in the TDZ.