Originally Posted by Zeffy
Procedure designers also have options to publish ceiling and visibility minimums for the purpose of avoiding obstacles within 3 miles of the departure end of the runway.
Do the designers honestly believe that increasing the vis requirement to 1nm (less than the length of a runway) is going to enable a satisfactory visual terrain avoidance manoeuvre after takeoff? In less than 30 seconds, you have to visually identify the obstacle, work out whether or not you are going to hit it, and then manoeuvre laterally to avoid it, all with an engine out?
Aterpster, thanks to this thread, I have a better understanding of what the rules are; I was just pointing out what I consider to be the irony of the Takeoff verses the Missed Approach.