SASless, I get a feeling that you fly or have flown mainly larger twin engined machines. As you know, if you delay lowering the collective lever in an engine failure situation, the RRPM decays at an alarming rate and in many cases will not recover. A single engine failure in a twin is a much more sedate affair where there is definately more time to sort things out. Again, from my military experience, any delay in reacting to an emergency can spoil your whole day. Having said that, Military flying is vastly different from civilian flying especially in regards to operations close to terra firma, over trees etc..
FJJP, your comments are noted. What you say is true, but you are used to multi-engine blocks of flats where one of the five or more crew can help you. Single pilot ops are totally different. Very rarely did I have time to get the flip cards out during an emergency, that is why we teach emergencies by rote.
Ascend Charlie, congratulations, this is an excellent, thought-provoking topic.
Last edited by KENNYR; 16th December 2002 at 19:23.