Time to 100kts:
Notso Fantastic;
I can not understand why you or anybody else would consider checking the time to 100kts as being an added work load. BOAC"s system on the Britania was for the F/E to extract the time in seconds from the Flight Manual and write it on the T/O data card which was then placed on the pedestal for all to see. The timing was done by the Captain only so that when the wheels started rolling he started the aircraft clock's sweep hand [ which was adjacent to the ASI ] and at 100kts he simply noted that the sweep hand was near the time . It was a silent operation as there were no calls from other crew members. If you happen to know of anything in aviation that requires less brain power than this then please tell me as I'd like to know about it too. 828a