Hi mad Scientist,
I'm with you. (I think.) Many thanks, and hopefully no offence caused to prior poster. I enjoy trying to increase my knowledge and understanding, as fATPL theory only skimmed the perimeter.
At sea level, it's very possible that a full thrust takeoff could be achieved, meeting all the relevant perf requirements, at a weight in excess of the structural MTOW VERBATIM
I assume you are speaking hypothetically, correct? I am slightly confused ny your 2nd paragraph, when you say "not below structural MTOW". Meaning above MTOW? Hypothetically?
(We used to increase taxi fuel, at captains request, sometimes to 1000kgs, to not exceed MTOW on loadsheet. I used to watch take-off rolls from office holding my breath!
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