safetypee
Perhaps removing the ‘what if’ scenarios from the reasons to reject would reduce the occurrence of weak assessment or poor choice of action; particularly if these scenarios are already covered by the assumptions in the basis safety for aircraft certification (FAR/CS), i.e. systems and control redundancy. What is the probability that such an event (what if) will be encountered in operations? The TSTA did not identify any event where an inappropriate RTO would have resulted in the aircraft being unable to fly.
I heartedly concur with you on this.
Unfortunately decison making is what pilots are for. Even on boards like this the majority of posts have to do with second guessing without all the cues or facts. I fear that broad what-if discussions only reinforce a pilots desire to take the time to make thought out decisons even when the time factor means it should be done by rote.