Barit - Profits over Safety. Plenty of operators don't use Flex, Reduced power, etc... Cheemsaf - Thanks for making my point. When you do come up with a reason to for putting more runway behind youf or safety reasons I am all ears. African - Your assumption that as long as you have balanced field..is just using the 'good enough' mentality toward mitigation of risk, and only operates in the world of the airlines where if they can get away with it, then 'good enough'. Imagine if the Feds didn't require you to have balanced field...what then?