I fly with the same group as you Ted and I wonder where you get the idea
that it is "routine" to fly with no landing options, even in hardcore
competition. I don't believe this to be the case and I agree with Eric. I
have found that when a pilot is relating a story of some scary situation
they got themselves into and I ask them where they would have landed, 99% of
the time they have an answer.

Barb