Member Weener filed a statement, concurring in part and dissenting in part, that can be found in the public docket for this accident. Chairman Hart, Vice Chairman Dinh-Zarr, and Member Sumwalt joined the statement.
Weener's dissent seems to be that the 'RETARD, RETARD' message was so distracting that it affected subsequent decision making including the decision to reject the takeoff after lift off. He says the 'insistent nature of the alert affected the crew and drew their attention during this critical decision-making period':
Dissenting Opinion
I'd kinda hope that if the plane was loudly yelling 'RETARD' on the takeoff roll it would draw the attention of the crew.
