Originally Posted by Skychief

You know you're right...there is no bulletin about this yet....I read about it in the October 1st CLE CPO update....I was going from memory and I probably had a few beers when I read it....so yes we do still need to use the APU for ETOPS, but at some point it is going away....I read so many bulletins and updates its hard to keep whats what straight!....anyway it says:

APU "on Demand" certification is in the works. By buying a special certification for the APU from Boeing, and through cold soak and random APU inflight starts; APU on Demand will eliminate the requirement to operate the APU in ETOPS airspace.