Originally Posted by Mercenary Ali
BUT my step-father happens to be a very long serving (retired) BA Training Captain on the 747 and this post was made after several long discussions with him
Then he should be familiar with BAs long standing flight continuation policy, which was approved by the CAA during his time and still is.
As a direct result of continuing the flight with one engine out an emergency had to be declared en route and an unscheduled landing made at EGCC.
Please read either the previous thread or the AAIB report in order to understand why your statement above is incorrect.
the crew expected a landing back at Los Angeles International Airport. In anticipation of such, they headed out over the water to dump fuel.
The final investigation report reveals the above quote to be completely untrue.