Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
Yeah...it's not too late until the gear doors come off.
But those can be replaced.
Worst case for Vlo, the gear struggles to operate; there are far bigger things to worry about, like completing your procedure, recognizing the problem, and addressing it, which you did.
Calling the game on account of rain for 2 knots...is what in the scientific world we call chicken ****.
I'd have to disagree with this one. It's not chicken**** for exceeding a tolerance. If you've knowingly exceeded a tolerance, the aircraft is not airworthy and must be written up. Not only is this a bad thing to set an example as "ok", these aircraft are often equipped with data-cards that will show any limitation and having knowledge of it, but not writing it up, is going to look very bad if someone comes around asking questions. The correct adaptation is most likely to add a reasonable "buffer" to the speeds, as in you don't pull it up when right on the line at 109, as these electronic displays will show plus or minus a knot instantly, you wait until you've bled off more speed and the trend is going that direction, then retract the gear. We don't treat exceeding limitations as cavalier, we can't afford to as an industry. When you start with one, where do you stop?