Originally Posted by
simmple
Someone once said and it may have been Yeager or someone else who knew about these things, hearing of the pilot wrestling with the controls to miss the school and the children was total bolo'
You do not see the children and probably not even the school you focus on the spot that will save your own skin.
The only people who should be criticising are the ones who have been in that situation, water landing and a Cessna is not a good option!
Would that be saving your own skin or risking others?
As a committed low wing pilot of over 35 years experience that is one reason I have very low hours on Cessna's.
The odds are the instructor knew the fuselage would be submerged and escape would be a challenge.Once out of the door then it is a clamber under the wing to get to the surface.
As I have mentioned before ditching in the sea would also have destroyed the airframe.
You can make your own mind up.