I would like to take the opportunity to apologize to all the private pilots here on Pprune for making a post regarding PDM that was beyond your ability to comprehend due to your not having either the neurons to examine my message or the vast experience of some of your other contributers here to understand said message.
I do however find it rather strange that someone would criticize me for talking above your heads regarding how airplanes work then launch into a long lecture about how airplanes work.
I do not need total strangers insulting me because I wrote something for the express purpose of suggesting that it is better to take the time to make a good decision rather than act like one of Pavlovs dogs and do something stupid because you learned to react by rote.
Therefore I shall try and refrain from insulting all you unwashed peons with a lowly PPL in the future and leave it to the experts to keep you from harm.
Now I would like to take the opportunity to respond to you experts who have flatly stated I made the wrong decision.
Here are the facts.
(1) Before take off I always have a plan regarding where I will reject should something go wrong.
(2) I had been flying off that runway for some time and " KNEW " that the over run past the gravel runway was smooth grass and there was at least a thousand feet from the end of the runway and the airport boundry.
(3) I do not need you to explain what V1 is nor do I need you to tell me how I should have handled that situation.
(4) As I explained I rejected before the nose wheel lifted off the runway, which means I was below 65 knots with sufficient " SAFE " runway and grass over run to stop.
(5) I have been flying for just short of 55 years and my career has included most every type of flying machine from light and heavy helicopters to
heavy transport catgory piston and jet engine powered airplanes.
(6) I have never had an accident nor a violation of the regulations during my time in aviation.....
....oh by the way I was chief pilot for not only a water bombing company but also for an airline.
.....oh and I worked with Airbus Industries who taught me a few things about CRM and PDM and V1 and all those things ........
Once again....sorry for trying to relate a story where thinking trumped acting by rote.
Now back to the experts.....