Originally Posted by
joe crazyhorse
History has shown time and again, when an aviator becomes lost with no fuel and no plan, they wander around in an erratic fashion in an effort to make sense of their confusion, right up to the point that the empty fuel tanks make a final decision for them.
A bingo fuel situation is vastly different to what you have described above. If you know your range and your reserves and you can't find your destination, you turn around and return to your last or a known good / findable location.
Especially when ditching would likely mean imminent death.