Originally Posted by
ph-sbe
Clearly, you've never flown in the SF Bay Area in August.
He had no business flying out of gliding distance from the coast, that's his mistake. I've flown over that area in a SEP many times. At a higher altitude, so I could glide back if needed.
Well, I never wear a life jacket when flying from San Carlos or Palo Alto over the bay to Coyote Hills, and you can't get very high because the base of Class B for SFO is 2,500'. Same with the instrument approaches to Monterey, Watsonville, Santa Maria, etc.