Safe Takeoff Distance?
Come on Chaps, experienced pilots all, how would you answer the question . .?
You know you would.
Also, under the same heading I am surprised the original poster could not have answered it him/herself, especially as s/he has got as far as the interview with a large airline.
Forget "definition" just answer the question.
Like it is TORR < TORA and/or gets you safely off the deck (as indicated on your charts/graph/bug card/weight/temp/altitude/power graphs, cards etc coupled with a an ATPL course costing a mere 20/30/40/50 and the rest,000s of pounds) and into the air without touching the stopway nor hitting the lights and climbing away clearing all OCL/OCH, with plenty of margin available requiring no special effort and undertaking to successfully comply with all your gradients and gross and net takeoff stuff and basically, having achieved a good result in Perf `A` then it should be a doddle.
All determined by your WAT calcs at the beginning of the flight, is the perf required ample, amply within TODA and TORA?
Y/N? If = Y then takeoff If = N then you cannot takeoff unless you unload something or somebody.
Additionally, one assumes the slope, surface length have all been taken into consideration also, along with the mere takeoff perf of the aircraft at this W.A.T?
So, obvious, methinks you are all thinking the same thang and wondering why the poor chap has simply no idea him/herself - that being the case then it is hardly likely that he is going to crack the interview, or am I being pessimistic?
Last edited by Natstrackalpha; 6th Jun 2012 at 09:22.