Long Haul Operations
 

Okay I've got to write a university report on Long Haul aircraft operations and would really appreciate if anyone could please tell me (for certain):

"What additional certification requirements would you need to operate a 767 from the UK to the Carribean?"

Start with a bit of research on ETOPS.
There's loads of discussions on here (search button at the top) and Google is your friend.
Good luck :ok:

Thanks fargoo that seems to be exactly what I need

Yes, but do you have to operate ETOPS to get there? Not necessarily!!

This type of question used to come up in oral licence exams, and it is to do with the certification of the a/c and it's compliance to FAA and CAA(JAA) regulations depending on where the a/c was manufactured and registered, the engine types GE or RR for example one made in th USA the other in the UK etc etc, so there may be more to the answer than just ETOPS. :eek:

Check out CAP 513 (extended range operations) on the CAA's website,it will probably have the answers you need.

Thanks for your help guys, knew I could count on you.

CAP 513 was the answer. One of the few things the CAA have produced that contains everything you need to know in one place! Some of Boeings proposals on this matter are a bit worrying especially as the FAA seem quite happy to accomodate them. For example the 777 now has a maximum ETOPS of 207 minutes. Could anyone feasibly see a flight crew being able to deal with a serious systems failure (or multiple systems failure) for roughly 3 1/2 hours? Can the aircraft realistically deal with a major systems failure for that long? Its good to see at the moment JAA won't be swayed by Boeing but can anyone see that lasting for long?