Originally Posted by FrequentSLF
Is it worth to drop the TOGA option to achieve at the best a 3% additional braking effect?
I am fairly sure it was pointed out some x-thousand posts ago that the proportion changes on a icy runway. Southwest went off the end of a snowy runway at Chicago Midway and killed a car passenger because deployment of reversers was significantly delayed over the assumed deployment time in their landing-distance calculation.
So they are good insurance for the weather. But these sliding-cowl 90+-degree thingies aren't as effective as good old clamshells, so I understand.
PBL