there is a report on Cabin Crew that AFTER they got ETOPS back a flight went out sans rescue equipment 30/10/07
"This is exactly what happened - The outbound crew did not notice during their pre-flight checks that the liferafts, survival packs and ETOPS safety cards were not in place. It was only when the aircraft had already landed in JFK after operating an ETOPS certified route, when the Inbound operating Cabin Crew realised during their checks the items were missing. The aircraft then operated a non ETOPS certified route back to U.K. ooops!! "
Supposidly FGS are on Watchdog tonight??