Pilot Technique: Planning a Departure Realistically
Technique: Planning a Departure Realistically
Pilots flying under Part 91 are not required to fly an assigned SID after an engine failure, according to an article approved by NBAA's Domestic Operations Committee.
Pilots flying under Part 91 are not required to fly an assigned SID after an engine failure, according to an article approved by NBAA's Domestic Operations Committee.

Cockpit crews don't always consider all their options during takeoff planning, according to Steve Leon, a member of NBAA's Domestic Operations Committee and a former United Airlines pilot. "Have you ever declined a Standard Instrument Departure [SID], or reduced takeoff weight, because the aircraft wouldn't meet the required climb gradient in poor weather, if one engine becomes inoperative [OEI]?" he asks rhetorically in an article posted on NBAA's website.