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Old 12th Jul 2009, 19:23
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The human being is an amazing organism. The human threshold of perception in linear acceleration (including visual and skin perception) is greater than that of the accelerometers fitted to an aircraft.

A good pilot can brake better than the autobrake. Fact.

GOOD pilots - ones who read outside the spoon fed information from a training department are hard to come by.

you still use the same system that operates the autobrakes: the antiskid system. (If you're foolish enough to turn that off, too...you get what you deserve).
The antiskid has nothing to do with the autobrake system.

A GOOD car driver is better than even the best anti skid - it's why racing drivers turn off anti skid systems when they race.
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