4dogs
I hear what you are saying. I recently talked to our performance guy and he basically agrees with what i have said. But having said that, it is only applicable to my airline because that is our policy. i.e We do not have to consider single engine missed approach gradients if we are planning a 2 engine approach. According to our performance guy, Boeing was asked the same questions and their reply was something along the lines of "it may not be safe, but it is legal".
I also share your reservations about the safety of this theory, however, in lieu of any published escape routes, all we can do is fly the engine out procedure. It is our safest bet. It becomes an even darker shade of grey when you consider the engine failing at a point beyond the initial turn in the engine out procedure. As some one else mentioned, one can only hope that the altitued achieved on 2 engines to that point will have put you in a reasonable good position. So in fact my response was not at all hopefull and was in fact accurate, according to our SOP's
Cheers
Last edited by Reverend Doctor Doug; 4th January 2003 at 09:05.