737 RTO procedure and auto speed brake deployment question
SWA RTO procedure has always been Idle, Brakes, Boards, Reversers, as long as I've been there (11yrs). I flew NGs for the USN for 10 years and we just deployed reversers and verified brakes went to RTO and speed brake auto deployment. Do any of you 737 guys have company procedure which requires you to manually deploy speed brakes prior to reverse thrust on an RTO? Is this just a Southwest thing, or Boeing standard? It seems like reaching for and deploying speed brakes prior to deploying reversers instead of doing both simultaneously by applying reverse thrust and letting them auto deploy delays the application of reverse thrust by several seconds, which could mean the difference between stopping at the end of a slick runway, or ending up with your plane sitting on top of someone's car outside the Midway fence. Thoughts?