To obtain approvals, an aircraft will need fire suppression systems sized for the requested time-to-alternate duration and adequate emergency oxygen supplies for the crew and the passengers. The aircraft will also have to carry automated external defibrillators.
Otherwise, the same weather reporting, training and diversion accommodation requirements as currently required will apply.
Fair enough although I'd like to hear a range of pilot, avionics and medical opinion on the defib.
FAA administrator Marion Blakey says the new rule will also boost aviation safety as it requires tri- and quad-engine aircraft - those for which there are currently no ETOPS rules - to meet the same standards as the twin-engine planes for flights over the poles or farther than 180min from an alternate airport.
Well, as professional flightcrew are aware as I am sure also is an FAA administrator, ETOPS rules do not apply to aircraft with more than two engines.
Extended TWIN Operations
Tri and quad aircraft already take fuel and oxygen supplies into account so what's the difference?
Are they going to make a quad land at the nearest suitable airport following an engine shut down?