megan:
"ETOPs makes me curl my toes thinking of being reduced to one when may be 370 minutes from a runway. Bean counters rule"
I have no love for accountants, but sometimes they get a bad press.
1) ETOPS rules are argued over and approved by statisticians not bean counters.
2) If Mr B counter added up the cost of a remote diversion, including handling stranded passengers on site, flying in a plane to evacuate
them, fixing the engine or bringing in a replacement, dealing with the disruption to schedules, I'm not sure they'd be keen on ETOPS.
Last edited by oldchina; 6th Dec 2020 at 19:31.