Perspective;
The Battle of Agincourt was the last time such a long bow was drawn. How can you equate ETOPS with 1915 technology?
I think our thesaurus challenged thespian may be due for some intervention by LeadSled after his latest adventure into SIDS, (another acronym), and inward looking metallurgical red herrings. But he is right in telling it as it is with old technology waking him up.