Oh John_Tullamarine, such very refreshing words from the wise. At the risk of repeating myself on these forums, it is the Performance Engineer's MORAL obligation to design OEI escape procedures providing full and complete lateral and vertical obstacle separation until such time as at least, MSA is achieved, thus allowing provision for either a return approach, or further climb to en-route MEA which can be safely achieved within the MSA coverage.
Every airport that I work with makes this FULL provision, even those with 'innocuous' obstacles. Nothing infuriates me more than to see those procedures (as I do every day) terminating in an arrow head, at an acceleration altitude WELL below the MSA. I'm sorely tempted to pull out my indelible marker and pencil in a question mark, or a Death's Head, at the end of the arrow. We all 'take a peek' at other's solutions when approaching a new airport analysis, I was mortified to see one reputable (?) Australian operator's acceleration altitude of 1000 ft end in an arrow head just a few miles short of a 1250 ft hill. Good stuff! J_T, check your PMs, I don't like court cases by advertising which airline and at which place.
Keep the bas***ds honest John_T.
Regards,
Old Smokey