You are flying a three-engine passenger airplane on a scheduled trans-pacific flight. At takeoff, the weather is good with visibility up to 30 mi, no rain and wind at 3 kt. The flight is 75 min late due to a mechanical problem on the no. 2 engine thrust reverser. In the absence of fault correction capability, the airplane is dispatched with the thrust reverser disabled, per the airline’s minimum equipment list (MEL).