Jerry,

I hope you are baiting.....So far that takes the cake for dumb pilot stunts.

John,

I respect your opinion on singles. Having said that however, I too have had one catastrophic engine failure (as in parts breaking and leaving big holes through which oil drains) and two lost cylinders on two other occasions, one of which was after a missed approach at JHW in the climbout, and the other which necessitated an ILS to minimums at LBE. As a result in recurrent training I get real serious in the sim about engine out, dead stick approaches. All I can say is I do the best I can and take it real serious.

Hector,

The split switch is the master, and one side is the battery, and the other side is the alternator. The battery side is used by some pilots to start the engine, and with it running they switch on the other side to bring the alternator on line. Others flip them both on and start the engine. The Pilots Operating handbook for the 182Q model does not call for starting on the battery side only, but merely says to turn on the master.

After engine start it also does not specify anywhere in the procedures to cyce the alternator side of the switch. I think that is just a practice your friend uses that is not in the handbook.