Finally... a commonsense comment (made by VR-HFX) ...
'I would humbly suggest that this is just another example of cockpit dumb down.
Anyone who has "actually" flown real a/c and not just on FS has some common sense checks based on expected V1, VR and V2 numbers for the a/c type and approx guessed TOW. These numbers sit in your brain as defaults. When you see a number that is 20-30kts different it should trigger an immediate "excuse me, let's stop and re-think" moment".
I would just add to this that include an appreciation of an approximate thrust setting... and then incidents like this should NEVER happen.
But... commonsense ('airmanship')... Either you have it or you don't... :roll eyes:
THAT is the problem in todays aviation IMHO... And that goes a lot further into the entire selection and training debate... which in todays world seems to have been dumbed down by the size of the 'sponsors' wallet...
