Originally Posted by
kitchen bench
Can anyone tell me when this hand off the throttles at V1 technique originated?
The procedure helps prevent aborts such as this when an aircraft is still capable of flying -
"www.japantimes.co.jp/news/1997/11/20/national/garuda-crash-blamed-on-pilot-misjudgment/"
Kitchen there's already heaps of stuff on the origins, beliefs and arguments both for & against as it pertains to the King Air and other aircraft types - right here on this thread in the last few posts.
Also there are other threads on when aborting above V1 may have actually saved lives (like when the aircraft proved to be unflyable or suffered an uncontained fire). This in no way is endorsing aborts above V1 as a matter of course, and is not criticizing those unfortunate crews who took an unflyable situation into the air and lost it.
Read and ye shall find...