It is refreshing to see someone that recognizes the folly of shutting down a perfectly good engine and creating an emegrency situation when none existed before the shut down...
But we all know that a lot of idiots end up being our regulators.
There is only one reason that I will full feather an engine in flight and that is if the thing has failed mechanically.
I understand that the British CAA requires full feathering in the air, well if that is their requirement they can do it themselves, and I sure wouldn't go with them.
Didn't someone arrive somewhere in England recently with one shut down because it wouldn't unfeather after a practice shut down in fligh?
I rest my case. .
Chuck E.