ETOPS 관련 ‘국토해양부 훈령’의 개정 필요성에 관한 연구

Abstract

First flown in 1985, ETOPS(Extended Range Two Engines Operations) is a conservative,evolutionary program that enhances safety, reliability, and efficiency during extended operations,which are flight operations on routes that at times take the airplane far from an alternate airport. Twinjets operated under ETOPS rules have transformed air service patterns across the Atlantic Ocean, and are now transforming them over the Pacific as well. An enormously successful part of many airlines’ daily operations, ETOPS benefits passengers and airlines alike. To passengers,it means greater choice in flights, greater convenience in departure and arrival times, and a higher likelihood that flights will be direct and on-time. To airlines, ETOPS means greater profitability and flexibility, because it makes the superior efficiency and reliability of twinjets available on routes that were once the exclusive domain of 3-and 4-engine jetliners. Today, the FAA ETOPS rule of 2007 applies the reliability enhancements and operational protections of ETOPS more broadly to also embrace the extended operation of passenger jetliners with three or four engines. Except for regional jets and three-or four-engine freighters, all commercial jets either are or will soon be delivered ETOPS capable. But I think that the title of current korean ETOPS Order is not correct. So I am going to show the correct meaning of ‘Extended Range’ and the excerpt on the New FAA ETOPS Rule.