June 11, 200619 yr >2)manually deploy the speed brake. again this should already>be happening automatically but at the moment at least its a>company procedure.Here's why (from an earlier post): "It's not just we simmers that have noticed the seeming discrepancy in the procedure to pull the speed brake handle THEN reach over for the reversers. I have a pal that teaches MD11 performance at Long Beach and I sit in on the classes once in a while. One day we had a Boeing test pilot that is dual rated on the MD11 and the 747-400 in the class. This is exactly one of the topics we discussed as part of the performance recurrent training class. Since he was also a 747-400 test pilot, he discussed his frustration with procedure to pull the speed brake handle then go to the reversers. He looked over at me like I had an idea? Right! But now at least I can argue it.First we concluded that the reversers are just a bonus. The RTO calculations do NOT consider reversers when calculating RTO stopping distance. So if you never get to them, so what? (theoretically, anyway). If the RTO considers the reversers a bonus, that procedure should have the reversers coming into the picture AFTER all the
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