Originally Posted by doctall41
Try diving on a sheet of ice, or a road full of snow. go fast, then hit the brakes (autobrake), see how you slide.
then try slowing down without the brakes (thrust reversers) then hit your brakes after you have slowed. less likely to slide.
My point, on dry pavement, the plane would have slowed sooner, as you said.
On snowy pavement, hitting the brakes at a higher speed would cause sliding.
Don't the airplane autobrake systems feature sophisticated traction control features which would prevent it from going into a skid, even with autobrake engaged?