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"But your honor, we called the miss right at DA and we sunk 50' low as a natural result of the delay in communication. It's not OUR fault that we hit that cell tower."
VIOLATION at the very least!
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I'd hope you wouldn't hit anything, because you'd hopefully still be flying the glideslope. I dunno about the airports you have been flying at, but at the airports we fly into, flying the glideslope and localizer will keep you away from any obstacles. A good thing too, if you have ever seen the approaches into MDW.
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As for the call prior to V1 - Matt you said it yourself, you begin the call 5-10 kts prior so you finish the call at V1. Next time say what you mean. You said "I call V1 at V1. Not Before."
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I'm saying I don't say V1 at a PRESET speed before the bug. I say it so "vee one" is completed at the bug. On some days that can be 7 knots before V1, other days 2 knots before V1. The fact is it, it is different for every individual in every different airplane. Poor Porky Pig would start calling V1 at 30 knots below V1... "a-vee-a-vee-a-vee-vee-one, folks"
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Let me paraphrase the 8400 from memory if I can:
V1 is now called Takeoff Safety Speed.
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That would be V2.
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I know that in "real life" dropping a little below mins or doing an abort a knot or two past V1 will not cause a problem most of the time. I'm talking about critical situations, like check rides for example. If you have an FAA Inspector on board giving you a line check would you do an abort 5 kts past V1? Dip below mins to "have a look?" I kind of doubt it.
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Wait, it's ok to abort past V1 "one the line", but not ok with a Fed on board? Same for dipping at mins? Now who is posting questionable procedures?
We aren't talking going below mins to land. We are talking that at mins, you don't have the airport, you call missed, and follow through with the call. If during the missed you descend another 20-50 feet below DH in the natural change from descent on the glideslope to climbing at the GA attitude, that is acceptable. None of us are saying it's ok to descent below DH to "take a look."