Originally Posted by Romasik
EPR values less than 1 are not meaningless. They mean that the thing is producing drag, not thrust. Something that you never get from N1 indication. Could be usefull in understanding what's the difference between idle thrust and dead engine. Of course you need to know EPR at the same speed on dead engine. We may check it in the SIM.
Well, yeah, You'd think. But, If I'm reading this correctly, there's at least 2 posters speaking of having all EPRs <1 in steady state cruise. Which indicates thrust being produced at an EPR less than one. Dunno, I don't fly jets, so I'm just trying to follow the conversation.