Originally Posted by
GekkoHQ
I don't think I would, I trust the mechanics, pilots and everyone else involved to make the correct choice.
However, I once flew from Mahe in the Seychelles to one of the surrounding islands in a small dual prop plane. When we landed the pilot started playing with the throttles, testing the engines, revving them etc.. Turns out we flew the 30 miles over the Indian Ocean on only 1 working engine. It just goes to show that the smaller airline companies and planes MAY not be as trustworthy as we assume.
Engine failures HAPPEN. They don't happen very often, but they do happen, and they happen to both small airlines and large ones. The aircraft that landed in the Hudson River did so after an engine failure - would you say that US Airways is not trustworthy?
I am assuming that your aircraft suffered an engine failure in mid-flight (it wouldn't have taken off on one engine - it would never have got off the ground). From what you are saying it seems the pilot got things under control so quickly that the passengers didn't even notice an engine had failed until after you landed - VERY well done.
If your pilot elected to continue to your destination after the engine failure then this was probably because he considered it safer to continue than to turn back.