747Focal quote "Maybe you have not noticed or cared, but most commercial aircraft rotate way before where the takeoff calculations told you it should."
Mutt quote: "We operate B747’s from FIELD LENGTH LIMITED runways at the RTOW, it is totally wrong to give the impression that there is 1600-2000 feet built into the takeoff calculation. That luxury doesn’t exist!"
I'm totally with you on that one, Mutt. We are more often than not field length limited, and I don't think I've been surprised yet by the fact that our plane "rotated way before the calculations told us it would". Maybe we just fly the wrong types?
