You'd need to have a pretty bloody good reason to abort after V1, and an engine failure isn't one of them
I think if you're forced to reject after V1 you're in pretty bad shape already
Agree. But there are always exceptions. But one captain did and his decision saved the lives of his 40 passengers and crew. Date 30 March 1998. Emerald Airways HS748 G-OJEM had just lifted off from Stansted runway 23 when No 2 engine suffered a catastrophic engine failure and fire in the engine nacelle.
The captain elected to set the aircraft back down on the remaining stretch of runway but it could not be halted before crossing the perimeter track and came to rest with the undercarriage nose wheel collapsed. The aircraft was burnt out and a total write-off but no serious injuries to the occupants.
I'd even go so far as to say that intentionally flying an aircraft like this knowing that this is not the way things should be done is a criminal act.
Agree. Depends on the circumstances at the time. See above incident