Nick
Well-Known Member
You're the FO and it is the captain's leg to fly.
The captain briefed the standard aborted takeoff items back at the gate. Up until 80 knots, any abnormality will result in aborting the takeoff. Between 80 and V1, the only items that will end in an abort will be fire, loss of directional control, engine failure, or if you doubt the airplane is able to fly.
You're now on the runway. The captain advances the thrust levers and calls "set thrust." You confirm the thrust is set and respond accordingly.
Soon after you make the call "80 knots." The captain replies, "cross checked."
Just a moment later passing 90 knots, you hear the DING of the master caution, so you glance at the EICAS screen and see "WINDSHIELD HEAT 2 FAIL." You read those words aloud so the captain knows what the caution was for.
At this point, around 100 knots, the captain pulls the thrust levers to idle and then into reverse and says "aborting."
The reverse thrust buckets are deployed, the speedbrakes have opened, and the captain is on the brakes.
Decelerating through about 80 knots the captain says "Wait, what am I doing?" and then shoves the thrust levers all the way forward to the stop. The captain says "continuing."
What would YOU do?
The right thing to do here, in my opinion, is not too difficult of a decision. But I do think it is an interesting thing to ponder, and better to ponder it while you browse JC than on the runway in the right seat because there isn't much time to mess around on the runway.
The captain briefed the standard aborted takeoff items back at the gate. Up until 80 knots, any abnormality will result in aborting the takeoff. Between 80 and V1, the only items that will end in an abort will be fire, loss of directional control, engine failure, or if you doubt the airplane is able to fly.
You're now on the runway. The captain advances the thrust levers and calls "set thrust." You confirm the thrust is set and respond accordingly.
Soon after you make the call "80 knots." The captain replies, "cross checked."
Just a moment later passing 90 knots, you hear the DING of the master caution, so you glance at the EICAS screen and see "WINDSHIELD HEAT 2 FAIL." You read those words aloud so the captain knows what the caution was for.
At this point, around 100 knots, the captain pulls the thrust levers to idle and then into reverse and says "aborting."
The reverse thrust buckets are deployed, the speedbrakes have opened, and the captain is on the brakes.
Decelerating through about 80 knots the captain says "Wait, what am I doing?" and then shoves the thrust levers all the way forward to the stop. The captain says "continuing."
What would YOU do?
The right thing to do here, in my opinion, is not too difficult of a decision. But I do think it is an interesting thing to ponder, and better to ponder it while you browse JC than on the runway in the right seat because there isn't much time to mess around on the runway.