Heavy Hot Departure
Hi all. SLF here with a wee question. Was on a fight out of Corfu last night, which, due to high ambient temp and relatively short runway (all explained to the cabin, face to face, by an extremely professional and reassuring captain) was unable to load sufficient fuel to complete journey to the Scottish airport destination, and would be fuelling again in Venice. Obviously everything went to plan, no problems at all.
But I did wonder, are the departures from Corfu normally so close to the performance limits (jet 2 Airbus) as 30 Deg ambients aren't exactly unknown in Greece.
Also, just how uncomfortable would it have been for the flight crew in the event of perhaps an engine issue during climb out, or just before V1
Again, no drama. Perfect handling and comms from the excellent crew
Please move if in wrong place mods