Oh absolutely! That or building a flight itinerary that prioritizes airplanes over time.

@@lightblueyonder dang how accessible is it to do? Never been on a plane never had a reason to but I’ve recently found an interest in planes.

On the contrary, if you noticed the runway is contaminated (raining), which means the TOGA thrust is very likely being used, not a de-rated thrust setting.

@@mylesfields466 It is a 40min flight, of course it is not full power even if it is raining.

@rkan2 the duration of the flight has nothing to do with the thrust setting during the takeoff phase. What I'm referring to is a required SOP for the majority of US operators during inclement weather/contaminated runways.

@@mylesfields466 No, not the duration of the flight, but the takeoff weight certainly has a lot to do with thrust settings. Newark has plenty of runway to do a derated takeoff and still have time to stop on a 757, even when loaded and with a wet runway.

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Newark, NJ is a short 45 min/1 hour flight, not much fuel loaded adding to weight.

Hate to break it to ya but the 211 isn’t gonna be gone by 2025. Between mainline and rouge they have 29 to “scrap” by then. The rouge ones are all practically brand new and the oldest mainline one even at that point will only be 25 years old which is a premature retirement for an A321.

These don’t have -5A engines, they have -5B engines and they are not garbage. They are far more reliable and always will have a better hours between overhaul record than the new engines will.