Manual braking

[Exaviator]

Don’t be confused, it is a matter of applied airmanship. Braking should be commensurative with required stopping distance, current conditions and planned runway exit point.

Landing on a 10,000 ft runway, applying maximum brakes on touchdown and clearing by the first taxi-way only results in the brake temps in the red zone and does nothing for passenger comfort or your company’s bottom line. A touch of brakes as you cancel the reverse thrust would be more than enough.

Then again minimum brakes on a contaminated 6000 ft runway could also produce a detrimental result.

Evaluate the conditions prior to landing and make the appropriate response.