looking for excuses to fly "safely" at the expense of fuel economy/expeditous traffic flow is a sure indication that you are in aviation for the wrong reasons
i hope they donot get next idea of saving conponents ,jacks and flap used in full configuration.
if they remove them and sell ,it will be big money as spares sold+ saving on basic operating weight by +500 kgm.
less BOW will also take care of +90 m of runway length for flap3 landing.
AIRBUSs should learn weight saving, if a/c can land on flap3 why install flap full
and increase BOW+ fuel consumption.
