But when those guys try to fly a defective aircraft up into the wild blue...well, just google ' airplane crashes on take off' and see all the nice pics...
SSG,
Please tell me you're not basing your arguments on google images.
Anyone remember the Thomson Fly birdstrike at MAN. They continued, flew a perfect vectored circuit to land single engine, vacated the runway and after an inspection by fire crews, taxied to stand. No drama, no heroics, just did what they were trained to do, and what they briefed to do. Had they rejected, I suspect many injuries, if not fatalities. Then, factor into the equation the ensuing evacuation, thus causing more injuries.
There's a great video on you tube and other sites of the whole event.