Originally Posted by
RL77CHC
Correct. It’s a bit strange though because the inability for the Flight Crew to maintain the runway centreline in low visibility, accelerate and climb away caused the failure yet they maintained their heading within the +/-10 limits.
If I recall the TC form had a column for “Takeoff” or “Departure” and I was told to assess that a 1 and the comment “Flight Safety compromised” was the recommended wording by the TC inspector in the briefing before the candidates entered the room.
I still believe if the departure was done at a generic runway without all of the detail built up, ie. flat field, the guys would have gotten away with a 3. The TC inspector was the one that mentioned the +/-5 at the time keeping visual with the runway until VTOSS or something along those lines. We are talking 8-9 years ago so it’s a bit of a blur.
Well as we all know every TC inspector has "his" interpretation of the regs and don't get me started on the interpretation between regions
