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Old 01-21-2015, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by MaxKts View Post
Huh???? Why would you be aborting AFTER you heard V1??????
Well it would be a Captain decision but say you are down in Ft Myers where they build runways right 12k at sea level. You hit a flock of pelicans just as you reach V1 and have a 10 kt split one cages and the other is compressor stalling and you still have 8k of runway in front of you in a two engine aircraft. You really going flying? The FOM 2.01 However, no policy or regulation shall be interpreted as a substitute for the exercise of sound judgment.

The Captain is the final authority of what needs to happen in any given emergency. If you color outside the lines and it works out you get a air medal if not you are at the end of the long table. There simply cannot be a rule for every conceivable failure or emergency, except rule one fly the aircraft first. There have been guys who focused on following every checklist and procedure to the determent of the flight instead of simply landing. The same has happened when guys have "John Wayne ed" it also.
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