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Have you thought of the prospect of heading southeast picking up the jetstreams across to Sth America then swinging up through the Atlantic? 207 min ETOP's gives you a 1300ish NM ETOPS alternate radius. Considerably longer route but maybe the wind trade off is there.
yes, this is/was being looked at... the east to west (shortest GC route) was debunked by dispatch (under the present situations), and the possibility of going the other way raised...
