A Related Question
I may have got this wrong, however, as I understand it if you shutdown an engine for whatever reason, but do so outside the ETOPS portion of a flight, that does not count in the statistics?
If so, can someone please explain how on earth "they" came up with that idea? Technically, "you" could shut down umpteen donks outside the ETOPS areas, and yet it would have zero effect, certification wise, on "your" ability to continue operating ETOPS.