Barit: I can't remember the last time I ever took off with full fuel, or didn't need to reduce fuel to make second segment. Since I carry people, reduced thrust takeoffs are a luxury. I am always at max weight - people/Fuel. That said purposely extending my runway balanced field numbers into the stopway for the hope and prayer that the engine inspector will let me take those engines out a little longer seems counter intuitive. Trend monitoring is great for the parts that the inspector can see, but I had a #1 bearing failure at 35000 ft, at about 3300 hrs. No cause mentioned, just happened.
Last edited by NonFlushingLav; 13th Oct 2008 at 01:53.