Originally Posted by
bubbers44
...Learning the finer points of piloting comes with experience and hopefully someone who will share with you what he has learned.
So, at what point in a pilot's career does s/he attain the professional standing to disregard operating advice from the certification authorities and manufacturers?
Does the carrier issue a frame-able "maximum supreme aviation yoda" certificate? -- or are other methods/credentials used to provide dispensation from published crew operating guidance?
And how does testing or experimenting with the use of asymmetric reverse in MD-80 series on dry pavement prove that the technique will work just fine when the surface is slick?