Trouble is - there's a lot (at least at the bar) who seem to believe that is true - and statements in the AFM are not exactly concrete in stating that WET runway criteria MUST be used, if the runway is not dry, on any A/C built after 1998 even though it was a derivative.
Loke, i dont have a -700 AFM yet... I only have the FPPM and some software programs, but the wording in the FPPM when compared to the 744 or 772 is completely different in that it talks about the WET surface with the reduced screen height!
As for the pure definition of "derivative", I dont have it, but you surely cant compare the NG aircraft to the -100~~!
Interesting enough on my FAA licence i can fly ALL models of the 737...... I wonder if the JAA would accept that idea!
Mutt.
PS, does that bar sell GOOD Guinness?