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Originally Posted by RV3bpilot
Engines fail, that is a fact, fuel, mechanical. The only reason to fly over populated areas with any aircraft should be to land or take off period.
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That is easy to comply with when you live somewhere like New Ulm.
At a lot of cities, to travel from one airport to another on opposite sides could be a difference between a 1 hr flight vs a 15 minute flight.
It is also a question of judgement (both what constitutes a populated area, and what is safe). There are a lot of areas within a lot of cities that provide good emergency landing options.
Every flight we make requires using judgement regarding forced landing options. If there are some (that is the requirement of the current E-AB operating limitations for flight over populated areas), I think it is reasonable to avoid a huge flight path deviation.
If you are low and the deviation would be only a couple of miles (around a town like New Ulm) then a deviation makes sense.
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