Yeah I didn't word that post very well... it wasn't really directed at you but at the group.
It seems like much of the tone of this discussion is of the nature "what should the pilot(s) have done differently at the time of making the RTO decision?". The question I'm asking is, ignoring the benefit of hindsight, what could the pilot(s) have done differently at that time? And again ignoring the benefit of hindsight my opinion is the answer to that question is "nothing". Not enough time was allotted to make a proper decision, so they might as well have tossed a coin - which itself would be hard to do in 3 seconds. Or in other words: don't fault them for making an incorrect decision because the only way a correct one (if there even was a correct decision in this case) could possibly be made was by chance - the outcome was effectively out of their hands.
Now whether an incorrect decision or oversight was made earlier when ample time was available - like setting the flaps incorrectly, that's a different question.
It seems like much of the tone of this discussion is of the nature "what should the pilot(s) have done differently at the time of making the RTO decision?". The question I'm asking is, ignoring the benefit of hindsight, what could the pilot(s) have done differently at that time? And again ignoring the benefit of hindsight my opinion is the answer to that question is "nothing". Not enough time was allotted to make a proper decision, so they might as well have tossed a coin - which itself would be hard to do in 3 seconds. Or in other words: don't fault them for making an incorrect decision because the only way a correct one (if there even was a correct decision in this case) could possibly be made was by chance - the outcome was effectively out of their hands.
Now whether an incorrect decision or oversight was made earlier when ample time was available - like setting the flaps incorrectly, that's a different question.
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