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Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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What Norm is trying to relate to is that any aircraft of that size has what is called "take off decision speed" (V1) and this aircraft threw all that safety factor and planning out the window UNLESS the pilot is playing around and holding the airplane on the runway to make the photo.
You are supposed to be able to go to a certain speed then abort the takeoff if you have a problem (engine, hyd, fire or such) and brake the airplane to a stop on the remaining runway. If you cannot do this, you offload weight from the airplane, either in pax, freight or fuel. Clearly this airplane is barely able to get off the runway in the length available and that means that should it have lost an engine or had another problem it would probably end up in the water at the end of the runway.
Its photos like this that make most of us who fly for a living fly with major Western airline carriers who would not put up with this type of crap. Its dangerous and just not needed.
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