That was a really comprehensive review of what to expect at Sondy, Frank. Mutt, are there any plans to verbally brief crews planning Etops in that area about high minimums & terrain features of Sondy? For example, the 'crowned' feature of the runway caused one Aircraft Commander to try a go-around after landing; he thought he'd run out of runway, went around, saw the high terrain straight ahead and stalled, causing total loss-of-hull and only one survivor out of many crew. In fact, he had plenty of runway, but didn't know this until too late. I'd think that any Etops in that area would include an 'Area Briefing' which would incorporate such info.
In a similar vein, how about briefing crew about Lajes Field, the natural diversion for South Atlantic flights, where high terrain has, over the years, caused grief to many flights.
Or are all such Etops procedures considered spurious, considering the high reliability to-date of ops, so that such efforts can be 'pencil-whipped'? Sam