Knowing they had a heavy load and that the weights on paper may be a work of fiction, I can't fault the pilot for using every last inch of the available runway to get as much speed as possible before pulling back on the stick..
- Especially with an 8-knot tailwind, as was posted earlier. Why didn't they backtrack? Wouldn't you, if you were full to the gunnels, suspected the load sheet may be 'optimistic', and knew you'd require every foot of tarmac available to you?