Originally Posted by feltf4

Not sure what's going on or who this celebrity profile is. I have thousands of hours in PC12's and working for this company. and plenty of time in king airs. Last king air was a junk box. I'd gladly step into a pc12 again and fly it over and over again, without a question. That king air. Not so much.

Planesense is a safe company. Their maintenance is top notch and they know they need to be. 1 engine or 2 engines. Doesn't necessarily make it safe. 2 engines just gives the guy/gal a chance to screw up or get it right. (Look at the atr the decided to shut down the good engine) 1 engine gives you a chance to just get it right.

Lets face it, no matter how reliable an engine is. It's going to happen at one point. It's a machine built by a human being.

These two, one of which I know. Did the best they could to save themselves. So anyone that's ragging on a company for one engine failure that ended in what I would consider good terms should really, think before they do.

And just curious, what conditions do you think that Planesense pilots are asked to work in? I worked there for a number of years and I'm just curious as to what "conditions", might be, dangerous, or therefore, life threatening? And your credibility is extremely low on the shear fact that you say your uncomfortable operating a single engine airplane in low visibility or over water, but only "happy" flying a king air in marginal conditions...

Im making the assumption that you operate in >3 miles and 3,000' at all time. Or you just operate a 4 engine beast at all times for those "below marginal days"

Check your facts. The company has some of the best pilots from all walks of avaition including the two that were in that cockpit at the time. One of them a seasons PSI guy and the other from a big 3.