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Old 28th January 2006 | 19:40
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ETOPS calculations are based upon starting at your optimum altitude and drifting down, the TAS is therefore a high value and isn’t representative of the flight profile associated with a departure alternate. I therefore believe that LEM’s answer is the correct one!

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