One of the things that helped him make that decision was that he had
hundreds, if not thousands of "dead stick landings" as a flight instructor,
glider.

Jim
CFIG






He had scant seconds to make the decision and he made the
right one. He looked at Teterboro, glanced at the altimeter, figured
the angles and did the math. He decided in that nano second that he
couldn't make Teterboro, and THAT decision made his entire salary for
a lifetime career.