Saab is quite right - there are houses just off the approach end to runway 25 (and 21, too, to a lesser extent) at White Waltham. The departures for both 03 and 07 include an immediate turn - in the case of 07, it's quite a big turn which still doesn't take you clear of the houses, just through a gap where there aren't quite so many. Runway 07 is only used if the wind is too strong for 03 or 11 to be an option because of this. I don't know how this fits in with the whole idea of a safety zone? I don't want to ask too many questions about it, though.....
Out of interest, how many aircraft are affected by this restriction at Exeter? How many single-engine aircraft need more runway than what is left at Exeter? I'd expect not very many - most aircraft that need longer runways will, I would have thought, have more than one engine? I'm sure there are a small number of types affected, though - I just don't know how many.
I don't agree with you, Saab, about maximising the TODA w.r.t EFATO, though. If I have an engine failure after take off I will land in the safest place I can see. If that happens to be a bit of runway which, ordinarily, would be out of bounds, then that's where I'm going to land - it's certainly no more illegal than landing off the end of the runway in a farmer's field, and much safer. The only time the restriction would be an isue is during flight planning. I have to plan to be off the runway, with a safety margin, before the end of the TODA, but that's all.
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