Originally Posted by
Scuffers
who said anything about at cruise power?
Yes, at cruise, the Trent is probably at ~24Mw, however, what would it be if you push the throttles forward all the way?
If you really believe that you can get 80,000 lbf out of a Trent in the cruise at 40,000 ft, I would get on the phone to Derby and Toulouse straight away and let them in on the secret.