[Poohbah]

Tell that to the A-4 and A-7 drivers...they don't trust airplanes with more than one throttle lever, twice as many things to get fodded.

[Magnum44]

Actually I know a lot of Crusader pilots who made the transition to dual engine. And every one I know would agree with the dual engine mentality. You fod an engine, you still have one to get you home. You take IADS fire, you PS (probability of survival) goes up considerably. On the other hand if you were going to FOD two engines, you certainly would have FODed one. I'll take two engines anyday. The only reason to have less is to show off your balls. Remember 'old pilots' vs 'Bold pilots?'

[Gunrunner2]

"Tell that to the A-4 and A-7 drivers...they don't trust airplanes with more than one throttle lever, twice as many things to get fodded."

Yeah. . .but not a comfortable feeling to take off single-engine into a combat environment. Single-engine is an emergency condition.

Ha!