Originally Posted by
A Squared
I seems unlikely to me that a takeoff would be continued past the normal "airspeed alive" callout speed if the pitot covers were still installed. I can't imagine a likely scenario that an airplane would be taken airborne, even by a really inattentive crew, with no airspeed indication. Maybe I'm not following your theory.
You say that; yet a Malaysian A330 did the very same thing at Brisbane just a few months ago. Airborne without even a V1 call. The pitot covers were left on.
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...r/ao-2018-053/