Originally Posted by
Mooloo
A big twin has two motors. Losing one (while quite rare) does put you in the position of having only one functional donk over the ocean. In the very rare event of losing that one remaining power unit, you know books are going to be written about you.
Is this that point in time where rather than shrug off an engine out incident, we perhaps push toward the next couple of levels of redundancy.
it’s surely only a matter of time before the holes in the Swiss cheese line up.
We already have moved towards the next couple of levels of redundancy. We did it decades ago. It’s called ETOPS. Or EDTO these days.