USA to drop ETOPS restrictions for qualified aircraft

[JackOffallTrades]

This is good. It assumes that pilots flying N reg aircraft can count the number of engines on their aeroplane before getting in.

P.s. Don't ask me how many my plane has either.

[dontflygo]

Still need ETOPS approval

Originally Posted by Algy

Yup, really. From next month you can go anywhere if you've gone through all the right hoops.

Actually you still need FAA approval for Extended Ops.

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releas...fm?newsId=7975
http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.c...&docketid=6717


The rule:
http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/p88/436040.pdf

The FAA added some new equipment requirements (mostly for 3 and 4 engine aircraft), added some new ETOPS categories for the South Pacific, for example, and for Polar flights, and changed some definitions.

[Fropilot]

As usual this is all about money. He who pays the piper choses the tune.