'I think what we have here is a failure to communicate'
Let's take a hypothetical....same plane, same 5000ft runway, 1000ft over run, mountains up ahead, have to fly a complicated SID....and your choice is this..
- You can put a 200 hr ab initio pilot right seat or experienced captain.
- You can have 3000 hr engines or 25000 hr engines
- You can run max take off, get off early, or run your accel stop numbers into the over run, and rotate at the fence...
And the justification IS? 'Well gosh, you know...we are trying to save money on engine overhaul costs....yeah yeah I know...we just bought a fleet of all new A300s...yeah yeah, the CEO is making 40 million a year...yeah yeah, I know we chuck money down the toilet all over...but you know, we are really TRYING...and that's what counts.'
lol....always good for a chuckle when I come here....