Never do this.
I've come across too many one-and-done tapes in past years. You get one chance to play it, before it self-destructs. With FF/REW before PLAY, you wasted your chance. If tape already at end, you didn't "be kind, rewind", then no choice, but realize the tape may be destroyed on that REW. I often REW just a piece, eject, scan the tape, and hand rewind if I see flecking.
REW/FF does nothing to help a tape. Any tape that is "sticking" (reason for the REW/FF) need slow winding anyway, not abusive fast deck rewinding.
Moving this to public forums, so others can read this important message.
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