Originally Posted By: Madcat39
I think someone that is dealing with an engine out has more important things to do than worry about hitting the whistle button.

Life is risky and sometimes you are just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Pilot has time to put landing gear down yes? Why couldn't that turn on a whistle?
Heck, it could even be magnetic, engine has power, the whistle is turned off, power cuts out, magnetic lock fails, whistle is turned on.