My company is planning to introduce flap 3 landings on the A320/321 as SOP
So I searched PPRUNE and found this "old" but interesting tread about the subject.
The reason for the new SOP is : 1. FUEL SAVING and 2. noise
My question is :
Have you seen any documentation about saving money if using flap 3 instead of flap full for landing ?
I mean, I can understand that you are saving a very limited amount of fuel if you are using flap 3 instead of flap full, but we are talking about ~2 min. on each approach, and in my company the aircrafts are doing between 2 and 4 landings
pr day so we are not talking about a lot of fuel.
And if you have do make ONE GA due to lack of spool up (which is more likely to happen in flap 3 than flap full) then I guess that what have been saved in a whole year, just disappeared !
And what about the increase the brake wear ? What are the costs here ?
And off course the increase risk of a tailstrike on the 321....
Please share your experience/thoughts