Mensaboy - you miss the obvious. 3.5 hours rest in 24 is unfit to fly and under the terms of the FOM if you are fatigued then you may not fly!!
Also 100 tonnes discrepancy - try following the loadsheet confirmation procedures in the FCOM, it works well!!
Yes, they did a good job of recovering the situation but it was an almighty cock up to start with.. And before you get all arsy - yes, I do make mistakes but I find that the SOPS trap the errors. That's why we have them isn't it??
I'm trying to work out the 3 COMPLETELY different take-off characteristics you waffle on about.. 332,343,345 I find pulling the stick back a bit at 'rotate' works quite well - obviously the heavier she is the more inertia but to say what you did is garbage
