The central question to inform this debate is this:
Q1: Does observing ONE engine failure change the statistical likelihood of observing ANOTHER FAILURE later in the same flight? Hint: Fuel issues, bad maintenance procedures, batch fatigue failures.
And then - more interesting -
Q2: Does the PIC of an Airbus 380 have the training and information to validly answer Q1?
Unfortunately, I would say that the A380 does not yet have enough flight hours for statistical induction alone to answer either Q1 or Q2. As I am not a pilot, I would guess in those conditions better inconveniently safe than sorry. But then my fearfulness, bad eyesight and low IQ provide a good reason why I am not found at the pointy end
