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Bmused55
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Fuel can be quite expensive in the Greek islands, so many of them (ZTH included, the last time I operated there) are ‘tanker’ sectors i.e. we carry excess fuel to minimse fuel uplift, so landing weight is probably higher than normal. We also have tables giving landing distance with the various autobrake settings, so the normal thing is to set the autobrake to use the available runway, rather than hammer the brakes to have a short ground roll (and yes, use reverse thrust as well – as the reverse comes in, the brakes back off to maintain a constant deceleration)

cool, a fascinating tidbit.