Originally Posted by
Kengineer-130
Common sense says...
Sorry, but I'm a Professional Engineer and it is my experience that "Common Sense" is almost invariably neither.
Show me a modern airliner that routinely flies low with aggressive manoeuvering over the open ocean in all weathers and perhaps I might accept the point had some merit. But I can't think of one off hand - I'm sure the passengers would have noticed.
PDR