Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
For every airplane, there will be an altitude/energy combination from which a gliding turnback can be accomplished. It will be different for every type. If the maneuver is being trained within a safe margin for error, and the pilot is practiced, it maybe the thing to do in the case of an EFATO if there is no good option ahead. For most pilots, it has been proven again and again in fatal outcomes, to be very unwise.
Entirely true, of course, and an expansion on my point. It just bugs me to see the myth that it is 'impossible' constantly perpetuated.