Originally Posted by
con-pilot
When I was young and bullet proof I as well did a lot of stupid things in aircraft and was lucky enough to survive.
Single night IFR.
Single engine night IFR/VFR over mountainous terrain.
And of course single engine day/night/IFR/VFR over water.
So I have no right to tell people not to do as I did, but there was no way in hell I'd ever do that again after I had about 2,000 hours. The risk was not worth it.
As I am retired now there is no way in hell I'd ride in a single engine aircraft in the conditions as above, turbine or piston.
I have a very very small experience flying on single engine four seaters and once I had to fly to an island some 3.5 hours away on a C172. The night before I has hesitant (it meant to be fun) but then I thought it over and realized the
engine does not know what it flies over. I did anyway I met another ppruner and I repeated the trip some years later on an A320.
So I guess you are right about the risk being too big but it is not getting bigger in night VFR ... And yes I realize about the consequences of the things going wrong.
Feel free to ignore the comment because I think I gave an answer.