Runway deceleration?
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"I have one concern about the thrust pedal, on a long flight does the pilot have to keep pressure on the pedal as one does when driving a car?"
They have a piece of wood to wedge between the pedal and the front instrument panel
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I believe that on some EI A319 the external inertial dampeners are manually configured, and sometimes the crew forget to disengage them until they attempt the takeoff roll leading to some momentary head scratching.
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Just as a point of interest, dazdaz, most commercial jets have leavers, but these normally only spring into action after landing. There have been exceptions, but to do it in flight takes nerve and special equipment.
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It is true, ExXB, that the posh airlines have cruise control but it's a little known fact the poorer airlines use child labour. 
In the days of the British Raj, there was the Punkah Wallah, who kept the fan going steadily at cruise speed. Now there are Cruise Wallahs.
The child crouches under the dashboard (as the flying people like to call it) and when the pilot person shouts, the child presses down on the pedal. Woe betide the child who sneezes during take off and let's the pressure up for even a second.
In the days of the British Raj, there was the Punkah Wallah, who kept the fan going steadily at cruise speed. Now there are Cruise Wallahs.
The child crouches under the dashboard (as the flying people like to call it) and when the pilot person shouts, the child presses down on the pedal. Woe betide the child who sneezes during take off and let's the pressure up for even a second.
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to the original poster:
there are conditions akin to windshear which will cause a plane not to accelerate. Severe enough these are good reasons to abort (we now say: reject) the takeoff.
I can't speak for your exact plane's situation. IT is important to note that we in the cockpit have instruments to help us know how the acceleration is going.
how did YOU know? just seat of the pants? It does sound like a bit of wind shear, but that acceleration was ok and takeoff continued.
Although those planes do slip a little in second gear :-)
I once had a locomotive engineer (train driver) speak to me in the boarding area, he asked how the power got from the engines (in back) to the drive wheels.
I told him we use the shopping cart method. You just push the thing and it rolls. It dawned on him there was no connection to the wheels from the engines. We had a good laugh and remarked that the F7 diesel locomotive looked a great deal like the front end of a 737.
it is important to the original poster that you understand we need AIRSPEED to fly. You can only, at best, feel (sort of)
groundspeed on the runway.
Hey, next time something feels funny, after you land, ask the pilot.
there are conditions akin to windshear which will cause a plane not to accelerate. Severe enough these are good reasons to abort (we now say: reject) the takeoff.
I can't speak for your exact plane's situation. IT is important to note that we in the cockpit have instruments to help us know how the acceleration is going.
how did YOU know? just seat of the pants? It does sound like a bit of wind shear, but that acceleration was ok and takeoff continued.
Although those planes do slip a little in second gear :-)
I once had a locomotive engineer (train driver) speak to me in the boarding area, he asked how the power got from the engines (in back) to the drive wheels.
I told him we use the shopping cart method. You just push the thing and it rolls. It dawned on him there was no connection to the wheels from the engines. We had a good laugh and remarked that the F7 diesel locomotive looked a great deal like the front end of a 737.
it is important to the original poster that you understand we need AIRSPEED to fly. You can only, at best, feel (sort of)
groundspeed on the runway.
Hey, next time something feels funny, after you land, ask the pilot.
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I don't know about anywhere else, but in Australia in the time since 2001 and increased paranoia, as best as I can recall whenever I've flown as SLF the pilots have been onboard and locked away well before the pax load and maybe once have I seen them before the pax have all gotten off - I'm usually in cattle class and in no hurry to get off unlike most others, and quite often tend to be one of the last if not the last SLF out the door, so being able to talk to any of the flight crew is not an option.
