Apologies to all for sending the thread back in the direction of twin vs. single, but I must pick
rcoight up on a couple of things.
The statistic you are quoting may well be a FACT but it does nothing to address the question of which configuration one would rather be in when the inevitable engine failure occurs.
That statistic merely shows that it is better to be in the single when you make crash-like contact with the ground. We already knew this.
But the whole point is to avoid the crash part - and that is where the two engines come in.
Almost every engine failure in a single will result in crash-like contact with the ground, but not every engine failure in the twin will.
That statistic - as you have acknowledged - does not consider engine failures in the twin where the twin continued on to land safely.
We would like to see the statistic that
does take this into account. That is exactly what
The Green Goblin was saying. I think you misunderstood him.
... they had no need to recruit any new pilots from the current pearl guys as they already had their own crew, god only knows where they are coming from ...
They have 14-18 experienced King Air pilots sitting around with nothing else to do? Yeah, right.