[Joeaksa]

Norm,

Thats why we take our hands off of the throttles after the "V1" call, to prevent ourselves from retarding the throttles. Thats also why we move our right hand from the throttles to the yoke to reinforce the fact that "we are flying now no matter what."

This Captain was experienced and he was the one in command that day. He made the decision to abort. Stop. He had his reasons for it and none of us were not there so until the full report comes out thats about all I will say about it.

Totally agree with your comments on BFL (balanced field length) and the airplane SHOULD be able to stop in this distance. Problem is that in this case the captain aborted AFTER V1, so the distances on the TOLD card (Take Off and Landing Distance card) just went out the window.

Have not had to use a "huffer" in years and hope I never have to use one again! Course its better than a cross bleed engine start I guess!

Joe

PS I used to be a freight dog and flew several airplanes that had engines that were overhauled or "hot sectioned" by Connies company. They were the weakest of the bunch and their high altitude performance was crap. You can say that they were a good company all you want but some of their MX is doggypoo and considered the cheapest in the industry. Just an observation from someone who has over 8,000 hours flying cargo... and thats only my "cargo time."