Sorry to be a little tardy in wading back in, chaps ... only just organised myself a new ISP hookup in the current transient locale ....
Northern Sky,
We are, indeed, of similar accord. The sums are pretty straight forward if the operator bothers to spend a little effort on the problem ... what is needed is for the flightcrews to jump up and down a bit more to get some action. Making a call at the time is fine .. but it doesn't win any points in court after the prang ... quite the reverse... which is why I exhort people to read some relevant transcripts .. all quite sobering.
If the turn doesn't give you extra weight, then you won't be turning .. the operator will be doing something else .. sometimes even going straight ahead. However, if the straight flight path is not optimum for RTOW, then one looks for a more useful turning escape path (read "more payload").
Capn Laptop,
One of the problems is that some operators and service providers most certainly don't worry about the latter parts of the initial climb.
Safety_Worker,
One ought not to forget the 4th segment as well .... for a twin ... 40-odd miles under limiting conditions is a good figure in the back of the mind ...
Mutt, old mate, ought we to consider running a symposium on the general subject of terrifying takeoffs ?