So it then doesn't take any mental capacity on the take-off
I'd disagree, but only perhaps by saying it need only take a
little extra thought. However anyone who has experienced a full-on RTO in a modern Autobrake-equipped airliner will probably recognise that the time available to do anything with that extra thought is very limited indeed.
Consider it a bonus if acheivable, then, but I remain doubtful as to whether I personally would be able to put it into practice (not for want of trying).
BA and my current emloyer have been putting into practice the turn
For
real? Or do you just mean in the sim, when RTOs (and the subsequent points which 'score' in the debrief are expected and prepared for)? It is a frequent "why not" debrief point for my current and previous employer during Prof checks too, but that doesn't
necessarily make it practical.
Don't get me wrong: I do try to remember, but should it come to it I shall not automatically consider it a priority.
I think there is a great deal of difference between:
a) stopping on the runway C/L post-RTO and conducting an evacuation after proper diagnosis of the aircraft condition, and
b) slowly taxying off the runway to
actively park in a position which blew the flames onto the fuselage.
A tragic lesson in failure management - but ultimately it wasn't 'not turning into the upwind burning engine' which killed those people that day.