Mars, I agree completely with your comments/observations about pitch angle etc affecting the whole scenerio.
For take-off, 'going' is a good call as it indicates (in the absence of physical cues) that the PF has input cyclic.
I failed to say we do have a "rotating" call at forward cyclic input. I agree with this call, it is the "flyaway" call that I'm against.
For landing we do have a "committed" call.
Later calls are problematic as they signify nothing unless they are set to Vstayup or some other positive point.
Well it has taken a while, but I believe that is the opinion I was after, thank you.
On a slightly different note, what are your thoughts on the landing briefing offshore? The gist of ours is along the lines of " this is a left seat landing with a right overshoot. Any problems prior to the committed call, I will overshoot to the right. etc, etc.
I have questioned different pilots on the "any problems" part. Any problems???? A chip light? a Fire light? A low fuel light? A hyd/control problem?
again, looking for input/comments.