burnoff
Yep.
On closer inspection of line 2), I agree that you do imply 180 ETOPS.
However, SQ had been hoping to creep along the route using 120 ETOPS. The temporary closure of suitable airports, Petropavlovsk and Magadan has put paid to that for the moment and has indeed required the A340 to go back on the ICN-YVR route.
I further agree that SQ pilots must be amongst
the most stressed pilots around not least for reason of the military ethos that is now running the show and which evinces a distinct preference for
punishment as an antidote to human error.
On another matter, it will be interesting to note the degree of cooperation or otherwise, displayed on the part of the two ex SQ pilots, when giving evidence in a US court, at the behest of the plaintiffs’ lawyers in the upcoming civil suit.