Vasco,
I can only agree with you. There must be something wrong with the planning or the execution. We have done many trails across the Atlantic via numerous routes. I would question why they went so far south? Was it due to available staging points?
It was quoted that the Typhoons all remained within an hour and a half of a diversion. Is this applying so civilian regulation to Military Aviation?
I also only did trails in 2 engined aircraft (never single engine, well not to start with), and desite STC regs at the time, always insisted that all ac fuel states remain such that they could divert on one engine without further AAR.
If they ever tried a Goldern Eagle 2 they would wear out the backets half way across the Pacific!