PPRuNe Towers
Hydraulic failure in a B737 does not stop you rotating at Vr.
There is a fine line between novel scenarios that enhance training and instructors own made up “ what ifs “ that lead you to doubt SOPs and sound judgement.
There is nothing achieved by putting trainees in unsurvivable situations.
There are many runways I operate out of where rejecting after V1 will result in going over the breakwater and into the sea.
Finito.
No point in training that.