Originally Posted by
AFW_MD11
Landing flaps are either 35 or 50 in the MD-10/MD-11 - not 40 (but you probably knew that
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I would be open to your idea of a "reasonable explanation" - but it depends on what your definition of "wrong" is.
Anything is "possible"......
**Note: Before you answer - check the MD-11/10 CFM, MD-11/10 FCTM, and the FOM - especially FOM section 1.01 & 1.03
(documents outlining how the FAA has approved FedEx to operate their aircraft/airline)
***Note also: maintenance check flights are not done on revenue flights from MEM to ORD - so that "reasonable explanation" is out from the start.
First of all, I haven't flown the airplane in several years and didn't care to get into the manuals because it really wasn't germane to the point.
The point was that none of us was there, none of us knows the circumstances, and therefore none of us can come to an informed conclusion.
There are a lot of candidates for flight management positions on this board. Why does everybody want to assume that the crew is in the wrong? I don't get it. I thought this was a pilot board. God help any of us that ever sit in front of a jury of our peers.
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