Fangio, I refer to the Dash 8 incident.
Those of you who think that ignoring SOPs for anything other than MAJOR unforseable events are an accident waiting to happen.
In this incident, where does plenty of runway ahead turn into just about enough runway ahead and then turn into not enough runway ahead? It is a grey area well worth avoiding.
How did the crew know for sure that there was enough runway ahead? They were in the realms of guesswork and personal judgement.
11,000 ft is plenty of runway probably even for a CRJ to do the same thing (Speculation alert!).
This comment sums up my point with the pertinent term being PROBABLY!
It is very rare for an accident/incident to occur when SOPs had been adhered to, but quite common when SOPs had not been followed.