A hypothetical situation, and a doubt

Peter Clark wrote:

It was BA which took a 747 all the way from LAX to the UK on 3 after a
loss on takeoff just a few months ago.

Peter,

I'm neither speaking for BA nor indeed know the particulars of the
incident you mention, but if the AutoPilot had been switched on shortly
after rotation and landing gear retraction, chances are that the pilots
wouldn't even have noticed the engine loss if it occurred during the
automatic flying phase, and you'd be unnecessarily harsh on BA. Bob
Moore once related me a fascinating similar occurrence when he was PIC
and had an attractive visitor in the flight deck when one of the 4
turbines of his B-707 went blimp (albeit temporarily) and nobody in the
flight deck as much as realized it. And that wasn't even a modern-day
aircraft. Over to you, Bob

Ramapriya