....and the wheel goes around about the 20th time saying the same things over and over again to people who refuse to understand the whole point about safe and efficient longhaul 4 engine operations! Sometimes I think the best way is just to not say anything and let the storm subside before it reaches this never ending rotation of the same arguments from people who really don't know or understand the capabilities built in to the aircraft so this can be achieved safely! The voices of those who feel anything not absolutely perfect with the aeroplane is enough reason to 'land at nearest suitable airfield!' The whole point of our argument is that as long as you remain in a safe operation, the best thing is to get where repairs can be most expeditiously carried out and the pax most expeditiously carried to their destinations. That is why the 747 has all that redundancy and why it has 4 beautiful Rollers. Instead of examining the real operation causing concern ('excessive' ETOPS), they are throwing all their criticism in the wrong place.
You watch the discussions that come again- all the old stuff recycled!