Comments on: Airline pilots and decision making II – One engine out http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2007/10/14/airline-pilots-and-decision-making-ii-one-engine-out/ General Aviation and Aviation In General Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:18:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jess Sightler http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2007/10/14/airline-pilots-and-decision-making-ii-one-engine-out/comment-page-1/#comment-635 Jess Sightler Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:35:15 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/?p=180#comment-635 Despite a scathing article against the pilot in AOPA Pilot, I completely agree with you. I won't say that they made "the right" choice, because there were multiple reasonable choices. They made a very good choice, though. What is even more interesting is that their diversion was precautionary, and shows that they were on top of things. From reading the report, they did have sufficient fuel remaining (many have misreported that) and diverted due to what turned out to be incorrect. They could have continued and landed with adequate reserves! :) In the end, I agree... they made the cautious choice the whole way through and guided the flight to a successful outcome. Despite a scathing article against the pilot in AOPA Pilot, I completely agree with you. I won’t say that they made “the right” choice, because there were multiple reasonable choices. They made a very good choice, though.

What is even more interesting is that their diversion was precautionary, and shows that they were on top of things. From reading the report, they did have sufficient fuel remaining (many have misreported that) and diverted due to what turned out to be incorrect. They could have continued and landed with adequate reserves! :)

In the end, I agree… they made the cautious choice the whole way through and guided the flight to a successful outcome.

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