Originally Posted by
Pass-A-Frozo
Totally disagree.. brief yourself and say it allowed. Turn the intercom off or say it quietly but do it all the same.
As a very experienced pilot once told me.. Treat every successful takeoff as an abort / EFATO that didn't happen.
I agree totally with Frozo! A plan you don't say aloud, is one you probably won't stick to in an emergency.
As the hardest type of rejected take-off is one at or about decision speed/point, a wise CP (sadly no longer with us) also taught me during the take off roll to say to myself, "
don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go" prior to your decision point, then at the decision point a firm "
GO", from then on you will continue as planned, at that point you take your hand off the throttle and retract the gear (if you have retractable gear).
This is something I still use today, of course the point has been replaced by a speed (V1), but the actions are still basically the same.
Cheers, HH.
