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Old 24th Aug 2011, 06:08
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Pilots that have a preconceived idea that should they feel that the aircraft is not fit to fly, that they will stop even after V1

The general rule is along the lines that the pilot has to have a conviction that the aircraft is not going to fly .. unless the wingtip is dragging on the ground, the aircraft is blazing away on fire, three engines have failed after going through the flock of birds .. or something of like ilk, that's a big call.

The exception should never be used to argue a rule .. rather, in just about every case, we are better off running with the SOP .. if we die, it just wasn't our day to go flying. He who runs on a wing and a prayer and acts capriciously .. probably will end up dying far earlier than the rest of us.

I accept that a Citation pilot may have a different thought process

Long time since I looked at a Citation AFM but, as I vaguely recall, it has a very low Vmc and overall pretty good field length figures ?
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