Gee whiz....you haven't rotated yet, you see a mile of runway left...is it really that hard to consider keeping the burning wreck on the ground rather then fly it up in the air?
At issue here isn't logic, but the fact that the airlines, and military have culled so hard for followers rather then thinkers that any concept no matter how logical, that hasn't been handed down from the chief pilot, must be dangerous.
Like lemmings off a cliff, I ponder how many pilots have pulled a broken aircraft into the air, only to fly it to the scene of the accident.