What's not fair is that the misinformation that you've based this question on is completely incorrect.
For a start, any economist that isn't employed by the White House.
There is nothing inherently dangerous about flying over water. As long as you aren't relying on sensors to keep you from crashing you don't need any recovery device. Maintain VLOS, and you'll be fine,
There were no messages in the flight data, which is exactly what happens when the power is suddenly cut.
Then your screen usually turns to a black and white picture with a red msg up top of screen saying signal lost.
But the reason the signal is...