Originally Posted by
RI830
One can fly over Polar routes, Siberia or parts of Africa that could get them into an ETOPS scenario but aren't over a body of water.
So to answer your question, ETOPS only isn't going to get them the routing you said. They will be Ext Overwater equipped for that route.
Right. And to make it more fun, the flight doesn't have to be filed ETOPS the ENTIRE segment.
A buddy of mine showed me a flight he did where it was only required for ~3 miles/20 seconds of a 14 hour flight.