Originally Posted by
juliet
There was a reason for the C-130 CB to be pulled. Whether it was appropriate or not is another issue.
Can anyone give a reason as to why they are rotating early outside of thoughts of being “punchy”? Are they concerned about acceleration and gear limiting speeds? Something else that is deemed to be a greater threat that leads the pilots to thinking rotating early is better than the alternative?
Gear limiting speed.
The rotate at 120 knots thing may have come over from the Eagle community, where that was the standard number for decades.