I find this disturbing. Does the FAA
really sanction United to fly across those enormous Pacific wastes
on twin engined aircraft such that with an engine failure at a critical point, flight times of up to 190 minutes + (Algy posting, page 30) are possible on
one engine only? Is this seriously a way for modern technology to try to mock statistics? And at the same time, are we really to believe that the FAA finds it unacceptable for a 747 to continue its flight
on 3 engines?
Who is going insane here? I know I will not traverse the Pacific as a passenger on twins. Who are they trying to kid? Which is the greater problem?
“A US carrier would not typically fly any distance with one engine shut down,” says the FAA.
Oh yes?