Originally Posted by
mrdeux
I've never understood the logic of continuing if an engine shuts down and you then manage to restart it. It's not as if they shutdown as a matter of course. Something is wrong, even if you don't know what.
Yes, something wrong, but if you are up in the air, isn't the most conservative action to remain up there? Rather than to try to land overweight. The risk of an engine failure is not something that urgently demands you be on the ground ASAP.