I flew some ancient clapped out Barons in another life, single Pilot night freight but I'd still prefer its extra engine compared to your chances in a single across the north sea.
Same here. Back in those times, one of my colleagues once did a precautionary shutdown on one engine (in a C404 IIRC) over Spain and flew all the way home to Germany on one engine in the middle of the night. Try this with a single...