Originally Posted by
lilflyboy262...2
I understand what you mean that the left engine has the same probability of the right engine as quitting, but unless you didn't put enough go juice in the plane, you are essentially doubling down on your odds of getting to the destination with one engine still working.
I don't think so - I'm sure I've heard of other common mode failures besides running out of fuel. "Water in fuel" is one I remember - after one engine failed the boss said "carry on, I need to get to this meeting" but his pilot said "no, we're landing on that runway down there", and the other engine failed on the ground. (Something like that, may have misremembered details from some decades ago. There is almost certainly no documentation of this particular incident.)