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Old 21st Apr 2016, 07:34
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...or you may hit a dog crossing the runway whilst still slowly accelerating towards 155 knots VR when, on the shorter runway you would have been airborne ages ago with a VR of 129 and TOGA thrust.

..or your tire may fail catastrophically at those higher speeds on the longer runway.

..or you might inadvertently cross an active runway whilst taking a detour to the longer runway.

..or that careless buss driver slams into your right wing whilst taking said detour.


It is almost a philosophical question, no clear cut answers
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