Originally Posted by
421dog
Ok, I’ll bite. I’ve never taken off without landing, never jumped out of a perfectly good or, for that matter, a broken airplane. So do please elucidate....
Instructors demonstrate takeoff/landings all the time without one or the other to even it up. Captains take over takeoff/landings from FOs when the conditions are not suitable.
Yes you’re still present for the takeoff and landing - but your take off and landing tally may be not even.