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Old 17th Feb 2012, 08:58
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A320 at MLW has demonstrated landing distance of approx 850m. This is of course with an Airbus hotshot at the controls with a new aircraft on a perfect day over the fence at Vapp at 50' with max manual braking.

So for Joe average line pilot with a slightly used Bus and non perfect technique I'd add a conservative 30% to that - minimum. Add a tailwind ..........

I know hindsight is 20/20 but seeing this and reading the Air Europa GCRR overrun why does this STILL continue to happen? There's enough history/evidence/documentation/articles out there to sink a battleship. You have to have a certain level of common sense/intelligence to get to the front of a jet these days (I know, I know pay To Fly....) so why do crews still think they can pull it off when it should be alarms bells ringing?

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