Originally Posted by
aterpster
Doesn't matter how old it is.
Well you're right, Aterpster, it shouldn't. The year of manufacture was interesting to me, being so close to roll out, and of course the engines are going to be newer than the airframe as it is.
Seems like we were sold "way back when" that all the extra care done for an ETOPS operation would keep this kind of stuff from happening. This wasn't just a loss of oil pressure.
This is not the first time United has been on the ETOPS merry go round, with one not so long ago over the Pacific. As we know, statistics are what run this particular show and theoretically backs up what "we were sold".