An air carrier pilot reported the runway incursion red lights activated but they felt it was safer t...

Attributes
ACN	1680708
Time
Date	201909
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 173.25 Flight Crew Type 877.90
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We were slow to roll with traffic landing on an intersecting runway. On takeoff roll; the red lights came on. We verified takeoff clearance and were told it was caused by the landing traffic. We just saw the last lights of the automated system and honestly I believe it was safer to continue than to abort the takeoff at that point. At the time; I really couldn't remember if it was okay to go but no one said no. I'm still doubting myself and actions as I'm writing this report.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier pilot reported the runway incursion red lights activated but they felt it was safer to continue the takeoff instead of aborting.

Narrative: We were slow to roll with traffic landing on an intersecting runway. On takeoff roll; the red lights came on. We verified takeoff clearance and were told it was caused by the landing traffic. We just saw the last lights of the automated system and honestly I believe it was safer to continue than to abort the takeoff at that point. At the time; I really couldn't remember if it was okay to go but no one said no. I'm still doubting myself and actions as I'm writing this report.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.