M. Mouse - have you flown a jumbo or other heavy four engined aircraft? Perhaps you are used to flying a twin around where the potential loss of 50% of your thrust is no great problem. You don't need me to tell you that it's different in a jumbo. You are implying the crew responded in Pavlovian fashion, raising the gear simply because that's what they always did with no thought I'd analysis. I suspect any competent 744 crew on seeing 2&3 rev amber after V1 can make a pretty good snapshot call as to what the biggest threat to the aircraft was. If you had two unreliable engines on your 777 after take off would you faff around with a T-DODAR trying to work if raising the gear would help I'd hinder?