Originally Posted by
Sniper
I would say that this is likely something that most pilots with non-heavy experience don't immediately think about, the HUGE difference, not only pure weight wise, but % wise too, between a 'light' and a 'heavy' t/o in a very large aircraft.
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And remember that reduced thrust can only be accomplished when you have performance to spare, when you are close to your MTOW the numbers won't allow it.
On a personnal note, I like the fact that now in many cases I have performance to spare
