P51
Would I take a fighting chance clawing my way upward over the alternative: An earthbound downhill run? You bet, if I knew we could get airborne again and miss by at least a few inches, any obstacles.
Buckets open, boards up, brakes applied, consider two seconds or so to stow, another 1/4 second for the commanded TOGA to register, add in spool up, the few hundred milliseconds until wheels are freely spinning post-braking (relating to AA's situation here) , and we have ourselves a do or die horse race. How much surplus smooth concrete ahead do we have?