Originally Posted by Bucket
No landing is ever assured.
Actually, I think you'll find they all are...
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We talked about this recently with our TRI/E and we reasoned it as follows:
Only gash fools reconfigure on one engine at 200ft (ie - when you break out and see the lights) so that option is not available.
Therefore it's a question of either, F35 at 3 miles / 1000ft, or staying with F15 to the runway.
If you're AOC you've factored the runway by 1.67. Under an emergency (which by definition is not planned) that ceases to be an issue so the 1.25 factor for a F15 landing is already assured - even in the wet.
So, given no landing distance issues and no requirement to reconfigure on approach or on go-around single engine - it seems like a no-lose solution to leave the flaps in 15 and carry on down.
YMMV.