4468: No need to be heartened - because I do not agree with you!
If I read your post correctly, option B may be the co-pilot as PM so with the tyre burst scenario, in your world, he says "I say skipper, Old Man, I think the engines are OK" To which the captain says "thank you very much for your input , Young Man - in my experience I think the better course of action will be to continue". I guess this would mean that V1 was successfully passed!