ssg,
So, just out of interest, do you calculate the speed you CAN reject at for every takeoff? If you are two feet in the air do you know how much runway is needed to put it down again? You berate Airline pilots for following the rules laid down for us, so what ARE your rules? Do you brief your FO that "V1 is 112 but I KNOW that we can reject at 135".
Or do we just use the "That looks about right" rule....
You're right, we fly hundreds of people around and work for companies who lay down practices, usually in consultation with the people who BUILT the aircraft (do Cessna say to abort above V1? But then, what do they know!).
Do what you like with your coporate toy, we fly commercial aeroplanes for a living.