ETOPS

English Proper noun en aviation en extended-range twin-engine operational performance standards or Extended Twin Operational Performance Standards, An aviation rule about how far two-engined aircraft can operate distant from a diversion airport at all times in case of a single-engine failure. Without ETOPS that is 60-minutes of flight time, Various ETOPS levels of qualification extend this to 90, 120, 180-minutes. en humorous aviation en engines turn or passengers swim a facetious backronym reinterpretation of ETOPS to explain the literal situation of ETOPS operations, due to the lack of range from single-engine operations on twin-engined aircraft, and circumstances over long-haul ocean routes. Anagrams en eopst stope potes Topes topes pesto estop Petos T pose stoep septo- Poets T-pose poset e-stop Potes poets