Originally Posted by Astrocaryum vulgare
OK, back to the original question, the answer is yes, yes and yes again. You have lost 50% of your power and 80% of your performance if I remember my ATPLs correctly. The aircraft may not be able to climb at all under circumstances (let's say you need to divert because some numpty doing circuits has just broke the nosewheel on his Cherokee on landing). There may be secondary damage not immediately apparent. The cause of the engine failure may also effect the remaining power plant.
It may be true in some light twins that 50% of engines equals 80% of excess power
required for a climb, but not all
I think we're getting a bit lost in the semantics here.
My default response is that it
isn't a "mayday" until it becomes a "mayday", whereas others have a default response that immediately an engine fails it
is a "mayday".
I don't think there are many miles difference between the two views, no-one wants to die for sake of keying the mike button, it is just a differing default.
Commercial SOPS have their place and are excellent picking-grounds for private SOPS as well - but we shouldn't follow them all blindly: We'd never get airborne in the private world as we don't carry enough CC for starters.
BTW apologies for the delayed response but I had to see if the "Condle in the Wind" woman got through tonight
