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Old 24th Aug 2008, 11:15
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Whilst I have no doubt that performance figures are initially obtained by company test pilots on new aircraft it has always been my understanding that the test figures are factored to allow for an average line pilot, as well as other margins concerning the aircraft.
A manufacturer would be leaving themselves wide open to being sued if they only published test pilot figures for a company ops manual and I doubt very much if their product liability insurers would allow them to do so.
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