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Old 3rd Dec 2015, 16:59
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Beyond that, from the Airworthiness angle the only difference is that ETOPS aircraft are slightly more carefully looked after than non-ETOPS, aimed at reducing the probability of the first failure and, of course, of the second failure to an even lower number.
I've always had a concern that one day a lawyer will latch onto this when a non-ETOPS aeroplane of a type which can also be ETOPS-certified crashes. The argument will be that the operator is under a duty of care to make the flight as safe as practicable, and the fact that the ETOPS aircraft are "more carefully looked after" shows that there is a higher level of care which can practicably be applied to the non-ETOPS aeroplane. It rather counters any ALARP claims in the safety case!

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