Originally Posted by MaxPowers

OK, Chief. If you say so, but you're starting to sound like your crew we heard on the freq last week repeatedly asking ATC for "direct BEANO". The Controller patiently informed them that they didn't seem to have the equipment suffix for a flight through WATRS airspace. . . which didn't seem to sink in. "We got ETOPS!" They kept repeating. "We can take direct BEANO!".