SNA Take off

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I fly to SNA. Here is our procedure B737-500, -300, -700:

RWY 19R; Captain takeoff. Flaps 5, bleeds off, Max power. Normal V speeds. There is a cut-back N1 setting depending on weight and temp, about 75-78%.

Brakes are held and power is run up to cut-back N1. First Officer notes where throttle position is on quadrant. Brakes are released full t/o power is set. Normal rotation until mains come off ground call for gear up and immediately go to 20 to 22 degrees nose up to maintain V2+20. At 1000' above field elevation power is abruptly pulled back to cut-back N1 nose will drop about 5 degrees. At 1.0 DME off ILS turn to heading 175 (20 degree left turn) and climb to 3000' MSL. At 3000' lower nose to 500-1000 FPM climb and select flaps 1. 190 KIAS flaps up (-700 MASI speeds) About this time a turn to 200 degrees for the SID. At 6.0 DME ILS full climb power and reset bleeds.

There are noise monitors that record each departure and are average for each airline for the quarter. Just off the end of the runway is Newport Beach and Balboa Island, the most expensive land in this area.

There is a noise monitor on the approach of RWY 19R about 5 miles out. For 7 or 8 years we have been flying out of SNA and sometimes we were getting fined by the airport for landing before the curfew ended Sunday mornings at 0800. One time I was going to be early and slowed on the descent and approach gave us a 360 turn over Catalina Island so we would not be early. On final I asked the tower for a time check and confirmed that we would be landing at or after 0800.

A few weeks later we had a crew land at or after 0800 and we were fined. The chief pilots talked with the airport officials and said you know that you can not set off the noise monitor on final until after 0800 Sunday.

Doh!