Regarding 767 TailStrikes...the Lowest point of the fuselage is when the main gear are 3' above the ground on rotation. Tailstrikes on the 757/767 happen for 2 reasons; either an overly aggressive rotation or they are heavyweight and during the rotation allow the plane to settle back a bit. The 3 degrees per second is fine and will never result in a tailstrike. That is a really long rotation (5 secs to get to 15 degrees).
That being said...savvy long-term 767ER pilots almost always do the 2-step method of slightly rotating and getting it off the ground and waiting a few moments and then rotating on up to 12-15 degrees and watch the speed. The 767 is particularly prone to flap overspeeds because we're using flaps 5 and as you push over on the NADP1 profile...it accelerates like a raped ape. Carl brought up a point that has not been mentioned much.
In the Qual Stds for Q and CQ, we grade V2+10. The weights we'd been using make it really hard to meet the speed standards and consequently the focus has been on V2+10 and not properly flying the plane. So....we went back and adjusted the Qual Std and now the emphasis is not on V2+10.
The SVO debacle was just that. FO on cherry flight. Never did a heavyweight 767 takeoff. Complex departure, metric altitudes, low altitude hold-down and not english-proficient ATC. Capt lets the "fully certified" FO do the takeoff. They were within 500 lbs of max gross weight. FO "snatches" the plane off the runway, scrapes the tail. Capt tells the FO to continue flying and he and RF will work the problem (like we learn in CQ). FO blows through altitude, misses the radio switch and now they're NORDO and climbing to the moon. Not our best effort by a long shot. The company wanted to fry the FO and when cooler heads prevailed, they considered the Capt's action. May have been mucho better to let Junior watch the TO and let the experienced RF or Capt do it. The Threat was an inexperienced FO.....but the Capt probably should've recognized a better solution instead of just blindly following what we always do....