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Old 22nd Aug 2017, 08:08
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Originally Posted by gearlever
Well IMHO it depends WHY is TOW limited. Structural? Performance? Landing weight?

If it's the latter our SOP allow to assume a 50% burn off of contingency fuel, means increased trip fuel....
Given "full take-off thrust required" one would assume the take-off is performance limited.
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