Originally Posted by
MatthewAMEL
Blindly following procedure can kill you. Exercise your best judgment. That's why you are sitting in the left seat.
I am sure you are familiar with the recent CHQ ERJ abort at LGA that was 6+ kts above V1 due to the elevator controls being inop. That CA did an exceptional job realizing that although they were above V1, there is no way the aircraft was going to become airborne.
That incident prompted the recent AD for the entire ERJ fleet (inspection of both sets of elevator cables).
I have also had a situation in the sim with wind shear on the runway that caused the speed to never build.
I think everyone has covered this in the "if the airplane won't fly" exemption. Otherwise after v1 you're better off going, as previously mentioned you'll be at a much lower energy level when you come back around for landing. At 120+ knots is not the time to say hmmm...i think....it might be ..... better to.... stop on the runway. now you're aborting from an even higher speed.