Your ops manual should offer guidance on this, but if it doesn't, You can ask the question of whoever would wish to plan such a flight, 'would you wish to subject your crew to an flight outside ETOPS alternate coverage, regardless of whether its a revenue or non-revenue flight? I would also argue you wouldn't. In addition, there might be an insurance clause requiring all ETOPS operations to be compliant to the extended range rules. Not to mention the aircrafts ETOPS approval requirements/limitations.
And as a last point, why would anyone consider it in the first place? If it is to save flight time (i.e. money) then that is never a reason to step outside operational norms.
Last edited by no sig; 12th October 2011 at 01:14.