Originally Posted by Pace
BB
What is illogical ? Pilot X is at 2000 feet over lush fields and flat land he has a full engine failure! He goes down into those fields!
Same situation but he has a partial failure he now has choices?
He can use that partial power to have a controller descent into lush fields or he heads 20 miles to an airports!
The track takes him across a line of hills and forest where the engine gives up for good !
As I said choices
Pace
Pace, I agree with the scenario you describe, however as I said in my previous post; that is not the point that was being made. It was not whether one was better than the other, it was about the probability of sudden total failure. In other words; if total failure seldom happens then by definition it will be partial and those choices are there regardless.
Now this actually supports BPF's argument that it would be better to reduce training for scenarios that seldom happen (total sudden failure) and concentrate on training for sceanrios that regularly happen.
BB