Originally Posted by
Faldo
Well I've been flying B747s since 1996 and I've never applied brake pressure to stop the wheels rotating after a take off. Never seen it as a written procedure in any Boeing flight manual either ?
I never said the pilots apply the brakes. It's an automatic function on the 777 and A320, which are the types I know about.
On the 777, if a wheel brake is deactivated by having the brake line capped, the requirement is to leave the gear down for 2 min after takeoff. The reference is 777 DDG item 32-45-01B.