Edit: At least for the topic of this discussion. However, I'll now be able to win a bar bet when someone aks what flaps position for a heavy take off of a 777 would be
Do you want them declaring an emergency, dumping fuel, flying around at night, and coming back for a max weight emergency landing? Or do you want them continuing the flight, sending someone back with a flashlight to look over the wing trailing edge, and continuing on as normally as possible to DC? If my butt or a family member's butt is on that airplane, I don't want these yoke holders trying to figure out and execute the emergency procedure after flunking the standard day one of flight school procedure, while flustered from almost milking themselves, and knowing that they’re looking for a job in the new year. Take a few hours; paint a magenta line all the way to DC and fly it.