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Old 20th May 2008, 07:30
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Ashling
 
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No SSG your the one out of step.

I doubt anyone here would say there are no circumstances in which they would stop above V1 however those circumstances would be extreme and outside of what their briefing covered.

The scenario you gave was an engine fire between V1 and V2 (VR comes after V1 by the way). You did not give more detail. So everyone here quite rightly said that they would go. That is what is briefed so that is what you do. The aircraft is designed to survive the event and we are trained to deal with it.

You then berate people for not being able to make a decision and acting like robots when in fact they made their decision calmly at the briefing stage as they should. There is one correct answer to your scenario and that is to go.

Now if you accepted that and then asked "so guys are their any circumstances in which you would stop beyond V1" you would open up a very interesting discussion. My view is that their are indeed situations were you may have no choice such as blocked runways, multiple engine failure/fire or control restriction/jam.

You have your own agenda which is every bit as blinkered as you claim us to be. If there are any recuiters out there they may well be picking up the phone to Alaskan and trying to find out who you are so they can too can make a decision.
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