Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
Because no matter how badly I scare them, it will not be as bad as crashing in the water (ask me how I know!).
I was taught that the sure-fire (and only easy) way to kill yourself in a floatplane is to land an amphibian on the water with the wheels down (which I have, having absorbed this lesson, chosen to avoid by never getting into an amphibian). But it sounds like you know different.