Originally Posted by
stilton
I don't think the most important question has been answered here.
How many of you would perform a high speed reject if requested by ATC
without a really good reason ?
And why on earth did the controller make that request at that moment
even if requested by company operations ?
I doubt i'd be stopping even if before V1.
depending on the runway, I would, since I would not know WHY ATC wanted the stop. no doubt. unless I was in a dc 9 -30 on a hot day in memphis.
on those hot days, in that underpowered 9, the closer we got to lift-off, the more I felt the fragility of life. kudos to pratt and whitney.
in the heavier than dc-10 class: there always seemed plenty of get up and go. AS I think it over, one time just b4 the onset of dawn in Natchez Mississippi, we rotated just over a deer that stood frozen on the runway and I was told someone once did the same over a person out for a pre dawn stroll...in a WW2 class Martin 404. one never when knew when THOSE old Pratt and whitneys would give out (in the late 60's. everyone knew they were never far from it).