RE: Bad Flight?

Skog – When de-icing you have to turn the bleeds off (stopping air conditioning and pressurisation) in order to stop the fluid getting into the cabin (it can generate a dreadful burning smell). If the fluid was coming through the underside of the doors then that was the fault of the guy operating the rig. I guess it was a 200 series you were on as they have huge gaps around the doors (just like the 1-11).
Also, if the runway is of a reasonable length and the terminal you are going to is near the far end you would normally choose to select minimal autobrake and exit further down as this gets you to the terminal quicker improving the block time of the flight. The added bonus to this is that the brakes end up much cooler and so don’t enforce a long cooling off period before the next departure. Surprisingly it does not reduce brake wear as with carbon brakes wear is proportional to the number of applications rather than how hard or long they are applied for. As a result when taxiing with carbon brakes (as opposed to aircraft fitted with steel brakes) you will often ride the brakes to avoid repeated applications.