Originally Posted by
aa73
Landing with anything less than flaps 30 at AA is usually reserved for emergencies or strong winds... I wasn't aware other airlines landed with less.
At DAL flaps 25 is the standard configuration for landing, unless it's a short field (SNA!) or a tailwind.
Lower power settings on final, way fewer overspeeds. And it only increases the calculated landing roll about 200 feet. Like they taught us in the Herk, brakes stop the airplane.
When they first came out with the change a couple years ago, I thought they were crazy. After I did a few, preferred 25. There's a few DAL holdouts that still only do 30.