Yes - and he obviously survived such a long career in aviation by more than just luck.......
"I can well remember the FAA inspector when I received my first jet type rating (B707) looking me straight in the eye and saying...'remember, the 707 will fly quite nicely on three, but it does not mean that you should do so for an extended period.'
I quite frankly do not believe any differently thirty years later."
I agree entirely. The idea of deliberately setting out on a pond crossing having earlier lost an engine is something with which I cannot agree. Bugger the company's shareholders, it is most assuredly NOT a sensible thing to do.