ETOPS Reduced From 180mins to 120mins?
"ETOPS is not restricted to engines but involves a comprehensive assessment of all relevant ON BOARD-SYSTEMS"
May I ask if this includes Pilots? Due to the reduction in standards and the lack of experience in the crews, we have now had 2 recent occasions when engines have been shut down, when they should not have been.
In the last months we lost to SIN Cargo alone, directly or indirectly, a highly respected 767 Fleet Manager, 3 Senior Line Training Capt's, a highly respected Quality Officer and 2 maybe now 3 Line Capt's. Not to mention the numourous other departures to various other places within the last year.
Now it aint rocket sicence to know that when you are left with a top heavy workforce of inexpenienced crews rather than experenced crews, your incident and or accident rate is going to go UP, which is whats happening.
I hasten to add, its not the crews fault. They have been given the oppitunituy by RBA of becoming Capt's and FO's of 767's with experience levels that other airline would not accept.