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I find the AA way of pulling new t/o numbers to be fairly tedious personally, and have also seen Capts backtaxi for an extra 200' of takeoff roll on a 10,000' runway in a small narrowbody rather than using the X intersection numbers that had no change.
Also the way AA does their intersection notation is whacky.
Just curious, how do other airlines do it and why is it overly complicated at AA? I thought all airlines used very similar takeoff data. I’ve only flown at a regional before AA and the takeoff data calculations were similar.
To me, the TPS system is reliable and pretty spot on. It gives data for up to 5 runways including intersections. How much more simpler and/or easier can it be?
Sure, if you come in heavier or hotter than planned you gotta make some adjustments.. pull new data or go max thrust. but isn’t that the case at all other airlines?