Delta jet slips off runway taxiing in Wisconsin

[livin'thesim]

Wave-

Your rationalization skills are quite advanced. I recommend that you consider moonlighting as a writer for Jezebel.com.

 

[waveflyer]

No argument here. Gotta agree with the above poster. .84 in a 757? No. Maybe .82.

We'll .82's our clacker so- you get the point.
That said, our conservation profile is overly simplistic in the real world. I wonder how many times we've been vectored out of the way of slicker jets.
How much did we save then?

But that debate is still ongoing

 

[ozpilot]

Speed is overrated. Its the length of the duty day that's important. Citation X does .92. Two days ago that was fast enough to do White Plains to Aspen to Midway to Scottsdale in one duty day.

 

[Dornier 335]

If we flew our 757-200s at .84 I would be afraid something might break off.

I thought that this statement was only true for DC-10s ...