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Old Sep 10, 2015, 1:56 pm
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Originally Posted by jjglaze77
Again I'll point out - according to APC, there is NO reference anywhere in the AA flight manuals and checklists to "ETOPS" being printed on the nosewheel or on the cover of the a/c logbook. If this was this pilot's first flight on the A321H, how would he know to look for those things?
The ETOPS marking on the nose gear is standard industry practice. Aren't pilots flying an ETOPS flight (not just an ETOPS aircraft) suppose to be certified to do so? So it really doesn't matter if this was his first 321H flight.
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