Originally Posted by
capncrunch
+1
Within the last year or so, a bean counter came up with the "great" idea that the 320 can save lots of fuel if we land flaps 3 instead of flaps full.
I won't go into the myrad of problems that arise with this but I will say this....If I'm ever in front of a jury having to explain myself, I'd rather explain why I landed flaps full than why I didn't land flaps full.
The normal overhead panel is a lights out configuration. Landing flaps 3 requires selecting the Landing flap 3 PB on the overhead. Now there is light on up there because we are doing something non standard.
Flaps 3 has not been a "normal" landing configuration in the 20 plus years we've been flying the bus. Putting out a bulliten does not make it so. Bad idea just to save 50lbs of gas.