Originally Posted by
bkC130
Interesting discussion of 737 braking capability including -800 mod....I flew BBJs for several years and never noticed a lack of braking on wet runways but I can't compare it to any other (bigger) Boeings....Autobrake 2 always seemed a good tradeoff between required stopping performance and spilling the passengers' coffee...
And...how many people did you typically have on board, in a BBJ?
I.E. were you anywhere near max landing wt. when you never noticed a lack of braking on wet runways?
It seems to be the one common denominator in all these 737 overrun accidents.
Hey, I've got an idea, why doesn't Boeing put a beefed up landing gear, more tires, and brakes on the next generation 737-900X? And they could give it a wider wing span, and bigger motors to lift all that extra weight.
And they could call it a...
757!
Has one of those ever gone off the far end of a wet runway?