Originally Posted by
misd-agin
ETOPS fleet size is 15.
Sixteen (16), as per my previous post. Fleet numbers are 850 to 865, tail numbers are N118xx to N133xx.
Originally Posted by
172driver
Longtimer, the image you posted shows fleet no 859. The frame being discussed in the previous and subsequent posts is 865...... Just sayin'.
Longtimer's post is gone, presumably because the image size breaches PPRuNe's rules. But we're actually talking about non-ETOPS N137AA and comparing it with the aforementioned 16 ETOPS aircraft in an effort to determine whether all the latter have external markings identifying them as such, the absence of which could/should have alerted the crew on the walkaround to the fact that they were about to operate a non-ETOPS aircraft.
If it turns out that not all ETOPS aircraft have those markings, then that would potentially be a contributory factor.