Partial EFATO in a single

[Pilotage]

I tend to agree with you Big.

You should always be flying any single as if the engine might stop NOW, anyhow. But whilst you have any power, using that to improve the situation by positioning better for the field, or for a better field, makes a lot of sense.

And if that positioning from field to field, always expecting the engine to stop NOW makes the last field a runway, surely that suddenly improves the whole situation massively.

And as you say, using the time and power available to check for fault and rectify it, IF high enough with the landing option sorted out first, should be part and parcel of all pilots skillsets.

P