The logic or illogic use of hard braking with carbon brakes on long dry runways

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.The aircraft were empty with low fuel loads and as a result tended to keep accelerating due to high residual thrust - company procedures insisted on 4 engines running

First aircraft I taxied (from remote to the gate) was an empty 742, she does quite well on 1&4 alone. Turns on a dime....