INFLT ENG SHUTDOWN.

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DUE TO LOSS OF OIL; I HAD TO SHUT DOWN #1 ENG. CONTINUED TO DEST FOR NORMAL LNDG. HOWEVER; DECISION TO NOT DIVERT; WHILE PERFECTLY LEGAL; WAS DIFFICULT DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT BEING 'SECOND GUESSED' BY FAA. DISPATCH SAID TO CONTINUE; MAINT CTL SAID TO DIVERT TO MAINT STATION; FLEET MGR SAID TO DIVERT TO NEAREST SUITABLE. I AM CONFIDENT I MADE THE PROPER DECISION; BUT IT WAS MADE VERY DIFFICULT DUE TO CREW CONCERNS ABOUT THE VERY PUNITIVE; 'OUT TO GET YOU' ATTITUDE OF THE FAA; RATHER THAN JUST DOING WHAT WAS BEST. I TRULY FEEL THAT FEAR OF THE FAA ATTITUDE IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT SAFETY FACTOR; SHARED BY ALL PROFESSIONAL PLTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR FLIES THE B727-200. THIS TRIP WAS FROM FLL TO DTW. THERE WAS DISSENSION IN THE COCKPIT WITH 1 CREW PERSON WANTING TO LAND NOW; ANOTHER AT A MORE SUITABLE ARPT; AND THE RPTING CAPT WANTING TO GO ON TO THEIR DEST. 'THE ENG FAILURE WAS THE LEAST OF OUR PROBS' WITH ALL OF THE DISCUSSION BTWN THE FLC AND GND PERSONNEL AND DIFFERING OPINIONS. THE FAA'S 'INCREDIBLY PUNITIVE ATTITUDE' CAUSED MOST OF THE DISSENSION. THE CAPT IS SURE THAT HE DID THE RIGHT THING IN CONTINUING TO DTW AND THIS IS BORNE OUT BY THE FACT THAT HE HAS HEARD NOTHING FROM THE FAA OR HIS ACR. THE RPTR DECLARED AN EMER NEARING DTW AND HAD TO 'DEMAND' RWY 21R; THE LONGEST AT DTW. 'WHAT? ISN'T 10000 FT (OF RWY 21L) ENOUGH FOR YOU?' WAS THE ATTITUDE OF THE DTW APCH CTLR.