Omark44
Right on, my former company had suffered an engine fail on the B 743 due to a bat-strike.
They were so f*** scared seeing the end come near that they rotated before V r and struggled below V 2 to safety.
The performance departure came under serious pressure but it turned out they were 100 % right in their calculations.
The crew was not sacked but received 14 days or more holiday to recover. They may have made a small mistake but it was concluded that under the given circumstances their reaction was perfectly normal. And so was the reaction of the Airline.
Load sheets work with average weight numbers, reality may be different.
spy
There is a history between EK and Airbus regarding the A 310 were Airbus told them: "If you want to fly the A 310 according to your SOP then thats fine with us, but here in Toulouse we do it our way, otherwise we are not cheking you out"