Trial by newspaper

"Charles Oppermann" writes:


In the Burbank overrun, the NTSB discovered that it was SWA policy not to
use the 737 Autobrakes, seemingly because of differences between different
737 models. Media reports today indicate that Autobrakes were set at
Maximum, apparently in contradiction of company policy. I don't know what
SWA policy was at the time of the crash however; maybe it changed after the
Burbank accident.


If what I read today was correct, "Autobrakes" is NOT antiskid/antilock.
Rather, it's "...when the squat switch says we're down, clamp 'em up NOW"
vice pilot-actuated braking.

And the SWA policy is to first use reverse-thrust. Why? Brake cooling
times and short turn-arounds. SWA is all about never ever letting
the aircraft sit still.
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