FAA To Change Twin-Engine Airliner Regulations

You're mistaken. ETOPS stands for "Engines Turn Or People Swim".

:-)

FlyWithTwo wrote:

The FAA/JAA terminology for this type of certification was ETOPS
(Extended-range twin-engine operations). The plane, along with engines
and complement of nav/com systems, is certified to fly on one engine
for more than one hour from an airport when over water. Based on
cumulative reliability, the length of time can be extended. Certain
versions of twins like the B757, B767, A310, A330 were approved for
ETOPS. The B777 was actually ETOPS approved from the launch date -
quite an accomplishment for a new plane with new engines. One of the
marketing battles between Airbus and Boeing was the A340 versus the
B777 - four engines versus two. ETOPS had a lot to do with the success
of the B777. In the satellite communications community, we used to
refer to ETOPS as "Engines Turn or Passengers Swim".

Brian