BENTHERE WROTE:
The crew and/or company take the assignment, run the numbers, and if the takeoff can be made within aircraft parameters, accept it. If they can't accept it, they find an alternative or don't go. To take off on RW 02 with numbers run for 25R at EBBR would be a gross pilot error, and is not likely to have happened here.
Finally, someone with some sense.
I'm not saying it's impossible that the crew mis-read the numbers or forget something, but to say thats a good theory as to why this accident happened is ridiculous. This is basic aviating.
I would be VERY VERY surprised if they didn't have the runway analysis for rwy 20 as well as the other runways. The airline I work for we have the runway anaysis for EVERY runway prior to departure so that if there is a last minute rwy change, it's an easy check to make sure we can take off at that weight.