Originally Posted by sp
I don’t have a problem with the Captains decision in the particular situation, but what about a shorter runway etc,
- nor did the AAIB!
SP - mountainbear has summed it up neatly in his para 2. If we are to talk forensic 'what-ifs' years after ('shorter runway etc'), 'whatif' the wing had fallen off downwind, having had 3000 ft or so of tarmac to land on?
As I said in my previous last para - when the chips are down you make the decision and mountainbear's para then analyses it. Short of 'training' by popping a large paper bag behind PF in the sim, that sort of 'surprise' is what the human brain copes with, either successfully or not. (Interesting to see a scientist write the software for that decision.)
Losing 2 motors on a heavy 74 out of Brussels and stopping at or above V1 brings the probably inevitable crash scene inside the airfield boundary - right or wrong? I do not wish to judge.