The most critical decision

How good are our decisions when it comes to rejecting a take-off?

In the typical simulator RTO drill, we shine. But outside the training environment, studies, incidents, and accidents show evidence of systematic problems.

  • Delayed recognition of severe conditions like unreliable airspeed
  • Incomplete understanding of manufacturer’s message inhibit logic
  • Tendency of being stop-minded at high speeds, contrary to recommendations
  • And, most severe, unwarranted take-off aborts after V1

ADMT, by letting pilots take the actual decisions, prepares them for one of the greatest challenges in commercial aviation: The STOP or GO decision in a take-off at high speed, and how to lay the foundation for a good outcome in the face of the startle-and-surprise effect. Benefits will include improved system knowledge, risk awareness, and general decision making skills in complex and ambiguous situations.

ADMT is a new way of flight crew training – efficient, adaptable, online or offline, as part of a pre-session briefing or in the classroom. And, it is so much less costly and more versatile than training decision making competencies in a full flight simulator. A 90 minute work shop will give up to 10 participants deep insight into the subject, engage them, and prepare them better for whatever their future take-offs may challenge them with.

We reduce the risk of unwarranted take-off aborts. Significantly.


If our reaction is quick, but the decision isn’t the right one, we are just moving rapidly in the wrong direction.