TC you are right...
.... that is where we differ.
Your arrogance to assume that if your not wearing the right hat you are unable to make those judgement calls (assess the factors neutrally and make the appropriate decision) is characteristic of a certain unjustified confidence which was not deprogrammed from you when you left the previous employer who required it. - If you follow my insinuation....
It might be better judgement!
And are you seriously suggesting that (for example) to save a life under circumstances that legally would require two engines should not be done? (...all other factors out of the equation). When quite obviously the risk derived from the engine arrangement is insignificant.
I am not unhappy about the two occasions in which I saved lives.
Fortyodd: yup you are also right. There are many factors which need to be dispassionately considered. I'm just suggesting that wearing the hat that TC wears does not (neccessarily) confer upon you the neccessary judgement.
TC: the Sikorsky rescue prize winners burned their (required) reserve - would you lock them up?