One of my old instuctors, an Ex BA 747 Captain always said more engines the better!
Of course the 747 has 4, lucky sods!!!
When we took our old 737 over to the USA, we had to go the old way, Iceland and Goose Bay (Hi Eric), there were moments when I wished we had two more!
As to landing without lowering the gear....no excuse, its on the checklist. Unless its defective
