[jmq]

I ain't going over any pond with only two engines. Period. I betcha the gas mileage is good though.

[SlowBoat407]

Dang, we lose one more and it'll take us forever to get there! (old punchline)

[Godwinson]

I ain't going over any pond with only two engines. Period. I betcha the gas mileage is good though. According to engineers - more engines means more probablity something will go wrong with an engine. But saying it in my head and sitting in said plane are 2 different things :)

[DesScorp]

"I ain't going over any pond with only two engines. Period. I betcha the gas mileage is good though."

You aint kidding. I've worked with aircraft all my life, and I'll never get on an airplane crossing an ocean with only two engines. If you lose one, you lose 50 percent of your power.

That's Boeing and airline stupidity, period. Lets risk the lives of our passengers to save a few bucks per trip.

[Calvin Locke]

I ain't going over any pond with only two engines.

I went to CH via DeGaul on 767 within a few months of the FAA allowing twin engine flights. Must have been around 1985.

IIRC, they had to fly further North to be within X amount of time of land at any given time.