This thread is very interesting esp Colibri's posting. I just came out from a heated debate at a meeting. One of the points in our take off brief (on the EC225 LP) was "No engines to be secured below 500 ft except in the event of engine fire ". My point of argument is that in a powerful machine on AEO we reach 500 ft in about 40 seconds from rotation. It will be better to handle the fire after 500 ft and at Vy rather than tackling the fire and trying to fly away on OEI. I think this is what sensible pilots will do but there are some I beleive that will not hestate to carry out the fire drill at below 500 ft on take off. I had recommended that the phrase "except in the event of fire " to be deleted.
Sadly I was shot down in the meeting!