I've been thinking about this for a bit: if, according to our management it is perfectly ok to operate the pilots right up to their limits, week after week, month after month, then surely the same must apply to the aircraft limits? Initial Flap at 260kts on the 777ER, Gear down at 270kts. As we are much more fragile than a piece of machinery, obviously it's no problem to run the machinery at their limit, just like us.
