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Old 28th December 2019 | 13:19
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Pontius
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I'm not a Fokker 100 pilot, so I suppose I can't assert that yesterday's crash had "when it's ready" as a factor, but mention of a tail strike has me thinking of impatient pilots....
I think we should just stop right there. You might well allow a Cessna XYZ to fly when it's ready but you don't just drift into the air in a 747, A320 or Fokker 100. 'Impatient' pilots has got NOTHING to do with it

A mis-set ZFW or incorrectly set speeds MIGHT cause a pilot to rotate too early in the bigger stuff. Likewise they might have got that stuff right (and they attempted to rotate at the correct point) but something else was wrong (possibly the rumour of an iced-up wing) which caused the aircraft not to get airbourne.

BUT, what you don't do in the big stuff is waffle along until it feels 'right'. Likewise, you don't 'rotate' in a C182.

There's enough guessing, supposition and 'quarter-backing' going on without trying to apply Cessna 'techniques' and personal preferences to a Fokker 100 and the recommendations of the manufacturer.
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