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I made a very short comment and you went bananas on me.

No, you made a very stupid comment and I asked for your experience and perspective to second guess the pilot in the seat from behind your keyboard.

Fortunately losing an engine upon takeoff for me would have been a first.

Fortunately, for you. However, that does precious little to bolster any credibility to your initial statement.

If an engine fails upon take off, you use all the power available from the live engine. Climb performance reduces by nearly 80%. We must make full use of the live engine in the right way.

Exactly what the pilot did as evidenced in photos of the exhaust nozzle configurations.

Engine failure after takeoff (EFATO) is therefore the worst moment for an engine failure to occur since you’re slow, flaps and gear may be still down, flight controls are still a bit sloppy. When an EFATO occurs, you should first counteract the yaw with rudder, and then bank to a maximum of 5 degrees to the live engine. This is how you get the most out of the live engine. When climbing, cruising, descending or on approach, just the rudder will be sufficient and no bank is required.

Fantastic! Now, what about that small matter of a full load of JP-5 or 8 that you have sitting underneath you? Do you dump it? What did the Air Force/Navy teach you to do?

After the failure, keep an eye on your ammeter, since you’ve lost one alternator. Same applies to your vacuum pumps when flying in IMC; you’ve only got one left.

Alternator? Vacuum pumps? Exactly what kind of jet aircraft did you fly for our country?

The details of this particular crash will remain rather sketchy for weeks, perhaps even months

The details will, but the circumstances won't: Catastrophic engine failure at takeoff, full load of fuel, heavy population area between you and the ocean, not enough altitude or airspeed to make it to open water.

but there is always something one can do in the event of ditching.

Like what?

How’s that government job working out for you?

You are babbling and calling my comments stupid. Apparently you consider yourself an aeronautical engineer who has much more evidence than what was published.

I am through discoursing with you as you have only one aim which is to discredit me and my record as a veteran who merely made an observation.