In article .com,
Ramapriya wrote:

Jay Beckman wrote:

I've been on American Airlines MD80s that have pushed back under
their own power via their reversers.

Oops! Do they have rear-view mirrors? Prima facie, reversing blind
doesn't seem overly safe...

They have wing-walkers to direct the reversing, just as they direct
them into the gate. They aren't doing it blind at all. I've done it
in a turboprop; it's a very strange sensation. AA seems to do it more
than any other airline; not sure why.

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