Originally Posted by
Eclan
Turning back for paperwork? Why not just get approval over ACARS to sign it yourself and continue? The jet doesn't know if it's signed off or not. Neither does the weather. Must've been a cadet...
Discover that EDTO (what ETOPS is now) hasn’t been signed off in the tech log by engineering and you can’t proceed, regardless of the background of the pilot. Pulling a dodgy and just continuing is going to land the pilots in hot water.