Originally Posted by
PiperCameron
Don't forget that suitable alternates usually include the rwy you took off from so, unless you've botched your planning REALLY badly, you should always be able to turn around and go home...
I would say around the world every day a large number of airliners would depart legally from ports they could not return to once reaching V1.
And if you are single engine whats the point of being able to conduct an approach back in after an engine failure?