Oh dear, that flight should have ceased on the runway - prior to any attempt at rotation.
Thank you for your support but - far out, i can't be in the co-pilot seat for all flights and that PIC had done a handsome number of flights for us before that day, 5+ hours with me too and a number of solo revenue flights, quite sucessfully.
Why did you take off - no reply...?
I'm as puzzled as you.
At our meeting, that evening the PIC got a ripple of applause from his fellow pilots. I said NO! You must realise how close this was to a disaster. It wasn't clever. It wasn't good flying - it never should have happened.
Airmanship appears to be dead.
Last edited by GedStreet; 10th Jun 2012 at 17:39.