fireflybob, thanks for your answer and of course you have a very valid point. However I still work on the assumption that we are not total idiots up front. We know full reverse is available. And hopefully we're smart enough to consider its use when there is the slightest hint of its necessity. The funny thing is, we are afraid of being dumbed down by automatics and SOP's, but when a choice IS offered, some of us bark from the highest tree. It seems sometimes that the same guys that say that 5 knots too fast at 500' is no big deal will say that they always pull full reverse. Then again, they might need it
But again, you do have a point of course, I'm not disputing that.