I seem to remember it's drummed into all RAF pilots at every stage of their training, from basic to advanced training on every type of aircraft:
Quote:
Never turn back
, if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for everyone else.
Don't think so. As RAF UAS Instructors (Bulldog in my time in the job, which was late 80s to early 90s) we used to practice turnbacks every month, as well as spinning and high rotational spinning. There was a Hawk accident where it all went wrong and I believe the practice on that type
was later reviewed. After all, a pilot sitting on an ejection seat has another option.
One further point: Standard thing was to brief actions in the event of an EFATO before every take off. Sometimes it was assessed as worth a turnback, others not. Runway length, wind velocity, surrounds of the airfield in the direction of takeoff were all considered.