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Old 21st May 2012, 13:52
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DrFaustus
 
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there will be probably no right answer for your question.
Personally I consider the company SOP and most of the time idle REV it is.
Only after having thought about and briefed the landing mass, any a/c unserviceabilities versus available landing distance and the prevailing weather conditions.
On a dry and even sometimes wet runway Idle REV usually is more than sufficient.
If the runway is wet&slippery or contaminated than that is a different story.

Even on a long dry runway with a too long flare I will insist on Full REV being used.

SOP's cannot cover all cases and I think experience and aerodrome familiarity come into play as well, even flight crew recency issues.

Anyhow I think you should think about, brief it and be ready to amend it when necessary, but I do not believe that an intermediate setting (35%) will be a very practical approach.
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