B737 winter ops questions
Flying with the worlds favourite Irish airline recently in light snow. Just been deiced, engines started and off we taxi. What caught my attention was just before we set off the flaps were set to full, before being retracted.
We entered the runway, backtracked and lined up and it wasn't until we came to a stop that flaps were set for take off. Got me a bit concerned..
Secondly we did what seemed like a high power take off and it was held on the brakes at full thrust for a good ten seconds.
What are the reasons behind these obervations? Thanks