Folks,
Might I suggest the No1 reason Jetstar can be confident of getting rapid 180 minute approval, not twigged by anybody in previous posts, is that there is a whole new management in the CASA Airline branch.
The “Why did we string out the approval--- because we could” mob have gone. The CASA treatment of AA EROPS (and a lot of other operational approvals) was a travesty, a gross misuse of delegated authority.
Perusal of the (proposed) EDT (ne. EROPS/ETOPS) rules might also help temper some of the conspiracy theories.
Perhaps one more thing to consider, when EROPS started, nobody knew much about it, everybody coped. Given the wealth of experience now available, crew training will be a no non-event
Tootle pip!!