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Old 27th Jun 2012, 11:44
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Not a simmer I'm afraid sorry to spoil your party.

Ok, high speed RTO's CAN be a big deal, all we're told is it was an RTO - could have been at 20 knots for all you know. We practice these every 6 months and actually bringing an aircraft to a stop isn't the difficult bit - the decision is. Once that's been made, full reverse, keep it straight and full braking and the aircraft looks after itself 99% of the time. Come to a stop and talk to ATC and another decision - vacate or evacuate? Vacate - brake fans on, return to stand for a quick inspection and fix the problem. How is that difficult? The instances where planes leave the runway are because the decision is made at the wrong time, speeds are calculated wrong or the procedure is completed too slowly or incorrectly. As you line up the two things going through your head are the stop before V1 and the continue after V1 procedures, that way you're ready for either scenario.

An evacuation is a totally different story and creates the main problems. A straight forward RTO? Shouldn't be an issue...
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