As posted by monkeyflight:
Just imagine:
"100"
(no response)
"110"
(still no response)
you glance over to your left and see the old guy collapsed in his seat...
Now you're at 120.
By the time you have made your decision to reject you're gonna be very close to decision speed if not already past it, especially on the small iron (A320/737 and the likes) Things happen so fast during an RTO that I wouldn't want to do it as a single pilot show on a machine and with procedures designed for two.
for me that would mean:
Hand on the thrust levers, a clear "I have control!" and "continue", fly a nice radar vectored pattern for the ILS to have the whole length of the runway in front you to land on.
The difference is, once you're airborne you've got TIME!
On the other hand, 4000m dry RWY, VCTS, mountains and a light A319 would get me tinking again.
An excellent reply and these are my thoughts exactly.
One of the good things about being a professional pilot is having a good old discussion about these sorts of things.
