Originally Posted by
Thud105
... that if the engine failed at 30,000ft, you have 30 minutes to do something, which would include gliding 60nm to the nearest airport. I believe that in most parts of Europe 60nm would take you to an airport with a long enough runway to take a PC-12 dead stick.
And what if it happens to be a day like today (or yesterday, or the day before) when everything within a radius of 100NM from my present position is overcast with a low stratus down to maybe 500ft?