Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
I was a big believer for hot LAS landings, max reverse, no auto brakes, and then manual brakes below 100kts. Until I had a CA (on a hot day) recommend low auto brakes with max reverse, idle reverse by 70, and keep autobrake on and idle reverse until slow enough for turn off. I was actually impressed with how that turned out. The brakes didn’t get anywhere near the hot range I thought they would get to. Low brakes goes for decel rate and it’s much better with max reverse. Problem with the manual brakes below 100 kts is a lotta guys come on the brakes hard anyway as they try to make A5 or A6 and the brake temps go way up.
My pet peeve is using full reverse, slow to 70, forward idle. The engine is still spooled up, stay in reverse idle till taxi speed, or at least till engine is at idle before you come out of reverse.