'CTOPS'?
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'CTOPS'?
In the adverse wx today I had a quick listen to EGCC RT. Delivery were issuing airways clearances, squawk, and then something I'd not heard before. Phonetically it sounded like 'SEETOPS', and was (IIRC) a 4-digit number like a squawk.
Can anyone tell me what it is?
Can anyone tell me what it is?
I've never heard it used on RT, but ETOPS clearances are declared as a 3 figure number.
So ETOPS 180 would be a twin engined aeroplane (say a 737) permitted to fly not further than 180 minutes single-engine from a diversion airfield.
May be nothing to do with that mind you.
G
So ETOPS 180 would be a twin engined aeroplane (say a 737) permitted to fly not further than 180 minutes single-engine from a diversion airfield.
May be nothing to do with that mind you.
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Deffo not ETOPS (I wondered if I'd misheard that so listened hard to establish it wasn't). Calculated T/O time sounds feasible, though.
Edit:Thanks D6 and ATC. That's it!
Edit:Thanks D6 and ATC. That's it!