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Old 4th Feb 2016, 17:02
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No!

Approach idle, iirc, is automatically set when airborne when the flaps are extended so as to improve the engine response time to the standard required by the authorities.

It is higher than ground idle, but it still idle power.

The engines should approximately be at final approach setting at the gate altitude. Obviously it is not an exact science as the atmosphere is not uniform, but the thrust should be above idle.
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