Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
The airplane performs better stage 2 climb with less flaps, thus more derate being allowed as long as the runway allows it. The drawback being a bit more fuel burned due to looooong takeoff rolls and of course... looooong takeoff rolls.
Ahhh yes, that makes sense. We should be doing that. Instead, when faced with a hard working engine (EGT climbs above 595 during TO), we slap a sticker on the ART, work the engine
even harder - but hey, now we're good to go all the way to 630 degrees.
