as said previously.. its all numbers..
I am a fan of SE turbine (PT6) aircraft.. but there is NO argument that a PC12 has as many options as a kingair should one fail..
If the question though is " do you consider the PC 12 sufficiently safe to fly in the AEROMED enviroment" then absolutely..
we all know the numbers regarding PT6 failure rates... yet in a twin enviroment life is lived on the assumption that the most critical will fail at the most critical time.. no arguments against that planning but.. ..
how many kingair drivers know the speeds/cloudbreak procedures/glide ratio required etc etc to get into an off track ALA after both fail..
surely if one is so likely to fail every takeoff then 2 must fail now and again.. and as we all know fuel starvation is much more common than eng failure in these aircraft.. having two aint gunna help that one..
so there is an awesome (and well practised) explanation of how the PC12 guys would handle it.. whats the plan for the kingair crowd...??