No...I was saying that the AFM is your guidance and nothing else
I have a reasonable background in certification and AOC stuff and I would describe that statement as "innovative". I guess that we shall just have to agree to disagree at this stage.
Takeoff ..
Heavy aircraft takeoff escape planning is based on OEI
Approach climb ..
Any time we are talking about Design Standards, approach climb means OEI, landing climb means AEO. The operations engineering folk will consider this when looking at developing landing escape procedures for nasty runways.
In the operations world, however, OEI is the operator's (pilot's) problem and one should presume that the routine runway paperwork is predicated on AEO.