Popay
Make no mistake. I am not glad that this kind of problems are faced by any colleague of mine (That is a professional Pilot).
Simply they should first solve the problem and then reconsider the extended range, which will not do you - or anybody else - any good with these conditions. My exclamation was to the original post, which showed a fear of "losing" ETOPS and not thinking about "forcing" the solution of the problem.