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As I was flying out of Atlanta Friday afternoon, I had the unique (for me) experience of not one, but two aborted take-offs. On the first one, we had just started accelerating and were probably only going 60-80 mph when the pilot throttled back and pulled off the runway very quickly. Over the intercom we heard, "Yeah, that's a problem - we have to figure it out." Then silence for about 10 seconds followed by "Ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seats." As if we were going anywhere.

After about 5 minutes, the flight attendant came on and told us that there was been a control surface warning and "maintenance" thought that resetting the computer would clear it, so the pilot retarts the computer and we go get in line again.

The second time, we're screaming down the runway and are just about to rotate when he throttles back, full on the brakes, full thrust reversers, air brakes on the wings...heck I think he was dragging his feet to get the plane to stop. We pull off the runway. "Ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seats.".

This time we went back to the gate and got to hang out with the mass of humanity in ATL while we waited to find another plane.

Probably a common occurrence, but this had never happened to me...