Originally Posted by
NY320Capt
2,500 lbs for a 20 min taxi? Something isnt adding up.
A320 burns between 600-800 lbs at idle thrust per engine. APU is 300# per hour.
If SWA operated the type, it may. I was in Chicago the other day watching a SWA 73 rolling out, only to later discover that they were on the parallel, taxiing. They were doing 80 hands down.