Was the "rather dozy rotation" a safety issue? That is the open question.
There may have been no danger of damage or injury, but the plane did use some of the safety margins designed into the take-off procedure. Is this an "occurrence" or is it business as usual?
EU regulation on mandatory occurrence reporting, Annex I "Occurrences related to the Operation of the Aircraft", 1. Air Operations, 1.3 "Take-off and landing", (5) "Inability to achieve required or expected performance during take-off, go-around or landing", or (6) "Actual or attempted take-off, approach or landing with incorrect configuration setting": did we see that here or not? Or can we not determine this from the video?
I think this is the reason (well, not the regulation, but the thought behind the regulation) why we have been discussing take-off performance and screen height for the past few days.
Last edited by Musician; 23rd Oct 2017 at 01:54.