zeffy, I don't have my MEL list handy. Since you probably do, why not look it up?
Can you dispatch an MD80 with one thrust reverser inop?
Does the MEL indicate that BOTH reversers must be made inop by wiring both reverse levers closed or allow one reverser to be used and if so what limits?
Dear Aluminum Shuffler. Would you classify the Sioux City crash as cowboying, or improvising in an odd situation? They used differential/assymetric thrust didn't they?
There is so much misunderstanding of the art of flying, which is largely done with the mind. Bubbers indicated thinking of the reversers as the reins of a horse is a way of THINKING. It would be very nice if people started THINKING and actually reading things.
Simple question: if you were in trouble and could not control the plane with conventional methods, would you try differential/assymetric thrust, or just give up?