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Old 9th January 2008 | 13:08
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tom775257
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It is interesting, my airline asks us to use max reverse every landing when no noise abatement is in force, and use minimum brakes. At our base airfield which has a very long runway, means I rarely ever touch the brakes above 70kts or so when I bring the reverse back to idle.

I personally don't worry about the economics of brakes vs. reverse, I do what the company want when performance and airmanship permits. Our aircraft are leased, so perhaps this means engine wear isn't considered as much? Who knows, I like it, I get to make lots of noise

We have very new 320s, carbon brakes.

Tom.
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