Originally Posted by
Algy
Actually you still need FAA approval for Extended Ops.
http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releas...fm?newsId=7975
http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.c...&docketid=6717
The rule:
http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/p88/436040.pdf
The FAA added some new equipment requirements (mostly for 3 and 4 engine aircraft), added some new ETOPS categories for the South Pacific, for example, and for Polar flights, and changed some definitions.