"From the Aprroach end of RWY 18C to Taxiway Kilo is approximately 3,000 feet. VERY impressive performance for such large aircraft. We normally watch in horror as these Heavy Jets eat-up the last remaining feet of concrete for some of the over-water flights."
As you'll recall, it was raining yesterday. In the Airbus you usually takeoff using a computed reduced power setting, thus prolonging engine life. If "wet runway" is selected on our performance computers, the power setting defaults to Max power. I flew to KMCI yesterday with a very light fuel load and not very much freight. Using Max power under those contitions, the Airbus is almost like a rocket until the airplane reaches 1500 feet and the power is reduced.
As for Airbusi stopping on the runway after landing, thats mostly idiots that have no situational awareness in regards as to what's behind them.