Question for Southwest Pilots
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The FAA does not allow the use of the reverse thrust credit when determining dispatch landing distances; in fact, historically decreases in stopping distances due to thrust reverser deployment were used to offset other variables that could significantly degrade stopping performance. However, the FAA does permit thrust reverser credit for calculating en-route operational landing distances for some transport category aircraft, like the 737-700 series, but not for others, like the 737-300.
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We all know the inaccuracies of the press after an aircraft mishap.
I was reading a story (about the Midway mishap) in the USA Today a couple days ago. There was a short Blurb about SWAPA advising its pilots to
"Trick" the software in the Performance Laptop in order not to allow input of Reversers for calaculated landing Data.
at Fedex, we all use a Laptop in to calculate our preformance data. We cannot trick our system............There is a default "1 Thrust Reverser inop" but it does not change the landing Data. With our system Reversers are never used to calculate abort stop margins or Landing distances.
................The only way to trick the system is to enter in "Runway Contamination" data........which will give a longer landing roll or lengthen abort stopping distances.....................That won't help if the runway is truly contaminated.
My question to an SWA Pilot is there a way for you guys to "Trick" the system or was the news paper article Bogus as usual?