dasleben
That's just, like, your opinion, man
Definitely not silly. Not to beat the horse to death further, but I'll just add that if you're really light, Vmcg comes into play (and V1 cannot be lower than Vmcg). Also, rotation can be delayed if windshear is encountered after V1. You can safely take the aircraft in the air with a delayed rotation, but rejecting past V1 would put you off the end.In that case, isn't it kind of silly to even think about V1 then because basically if you've started your rotation you're past your abort point and if you haven't you can abort, no?
Random anecdote, but a couple weeks ago we had really gusty winds departing out of MSP where we did exactly the above: I was PF, and we took the runway right behind a Delta jet that'd gone around a second time. Even though V1 and Vr didn't have much of a split on paper, I kept the airplane on the ground until roughly Vr+20, which is appropriate practice for most airplanes in that situation to protect against shear.
(Sorry for the ninja edits)
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