American flies non-ETOPS A321 to Hawaii
Don't ever be fooled by what is written on the side of an aeroplane. ETOPS certified maybe. But ETOPS compliant,on the day, is something else.
Flt Dispatch will plan and ATC file for ETOPS if they know the aircraft is compliant. FD Crew will know during briefing that they are embarking upon ETOPS flt. Pilot doing the walk-round will gain some comfort that "ETOPS" is written on the side of the nosewheel gear doors. Yes, we DO notice.
On Board, Skip will read through the Tech log and ensure that the Min Eqpt List meets the spec for the ETOPS sector.
Quite a few potential holes in the cheese.
Muscat to Trivandrum, left the FD to chat up swiss chic (sorry, said that to annoy) ...........NW India, somewhere. GOt back and Cojo had turned the corner early and was proceeding direct, chopping off 50 minutes. I pointed out that for 10 minutes,halfway along, we were technically ETOPS. The aircraft had inop APU but otherwise an ETOPS aircraft. I turned back to planned airways with apology to ATC. Cojo bought t he Jack & Cokes.
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