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Originally Posted by yasir1212
Even if you have a quick turn, if you take a look at the Quick Turn-Around Charts in CFM 1, in many cases all the brakes need are about 20 minutes or so, and many times a "quick turn" takes just about that long.
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couple things:
first off... the quick turn around chart is only good if you have a brake temp indicator inop.
second, looking at the quick turn around charts for an EP, with flaps 45 (page 5-150) where do you get 20 minutes? there is no time table for these charts. the note section in the bottom left reads that if you land with a weight exceeding those from the chart you must not take off for
33 minutes. (now for some stations, i realize, that IS a quick turn!) take a 20C day in IAH, with no headwind and no slope for argument sake, you get about 37,000 lbs on the chart... with load factors in the 70s to 80% depending on time of year, we are rarely that light (seems i'm always right at 41,226 in the d*mn thing
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anyway, i agree with you on the TR use, usually not a factor, but I have had a few people get slightly aggressive with the brakes and had to really, really watch the taxi on the way out to avoid amber after a normal turn, and had one get a brake overtemp after landing, for what was aggressive, but not over excessive braking. so personally, depending on the situation, i do use some TR in EPs sometimes.