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Old 12th Jul 2009, 06:07
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SNS3Guppy
 
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It's former title (same owner and management), American International, yup, sure do.
With a very few exceptions, I have never seen so many misfits gathered together in one company.
Old news, old company, and in other words, you know nothing about whence you speak. Further, few of those "misfits" are employed at the current company, meaning your "information" is outdated and without credibility.

Not true! Intersection B1 gave them about 9100'. TOLD was figured for 9800 feet. Definately a contributing factor.
Not at all. If the stop margin were zero, it wouldn't be a contributing factor, if the captain followed his own brief and continued the takeoff. The problem wasn't too little runway, and it certainly wasn't less runway than calculated for takeoff. Certainly there was less stop margin than calculated, but the fact is that enough runway lay ahead to either reject the takeoff or continue it...if abiding the principle of no rejects above V1.

When the calculations were made, no consideration was given (and never is) to a rejected takeoff beyond V1...consequently the additional stop margin is irrelevant in light of poor decision making and poor actions on the part of the captain. Seven seconds after the time to reject the takeoff had passed before the captain rejected the takeoff, and at that point, had he available that extra stop margin, it still wouldn't have mattered.
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