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14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

may apply through their responsible Flight
Standards office for a modified MEL which
satisfies the master MEL policy for system/
component relief in ETOPS beyond 120 minutes.
(vi) The certificate holder must conduct
training for maintenance, dispatch, and
flight crew personnel regarding differences
between 138-minute ETOPS authority and its
previously-approved 120-minute ETOPS authority.
(2) Operators with existing 180-minute ETOPS
approval. The FAA grants approvals to conduct 138-minute ETOPS (without the limitation in paragraph (e)(1)(i) of section I of this
appendix) to certificate holders with existing
180-minute ETOPS approval as follows:
(i) The airplane-engine combination must
be type-design-approved for ETOPS of at
least 180 minutes.
(ii) The certificate holder must operate in
accordance with the ETOPS authority as
contained in its operations specifications.
(iii) The certificate holder must comply
with the maintenance program requirements
of Section 121.374.
(iv) The certificate holder must comply
with the MEL requirements for  - beyond 120
minutes ETOPS. - 
(v) The certificate holder must conduct
training for maintenance, dispatch and flight
crew personnel for differences between 138minute ETOPS diversion approval and its
previously approved 180-minute ETOPS diversion authority.
(f) 180-minute ETOPS. The FAA grants approval to conduct ETOPS with diversion
times up to 180 minutes as follows:
(1) For these operations the airplane-engine combination must be type-design-approved for ETOPS of at least 180 minutes.
(2) The certificate holder must operate in
accordance with the ETOPS authority as
contained in its operations specifications.
(3) The certificate holder must comply
with the maintenance program requirements
of Section 121.374.
(4) The certificate holder must comply
with the MEL requirements for  - beyond 120
minutes ETOPS. - 
(g) Greater than 180-minute ETOPS. The
FAA grants approval to conduct ETOPS
greater than 180 minutes. The following are
requirements for all operations greater than
180 minutes.
(1) The FAA grants approval only to certificate holders with existing 180-minute
ETOPS operating authority for the airplaneengine combination to be operated.
(2) The certificate holder must have previous ETOPS experience satisfactory to the
Administrator.
(3) In selecting ETOPS Alternate Airports,
the operator must make every effort to plan
ETOPS with maximum diversion distances
of 180 minutes or less, if possible. If conditions necessitate using an ETOPS Alternate

Airport beyond 180 minutes, the route may
be flown only if the requirements for the specific operating area in paragraph (h) or (i) of
section I of this appendix are met.
(4) The certificate holder must inform the
flight crew each time an airplane is proposed
for dispatch for greater than 180 minutes and
tell them why the route was selected.
(5) In addition to the equipment specified
in the certificate holder-s MEL for 180minute ETOPS, the following systems must
be operational for dispatch:
(i) The fuel quantity indicating system.
(ii) The APU (including electrical and
pneumatic supply and operating to the
APU-s designed capability).
(iii) The auto throttle system.
(iv) The communication system required
by Section 121.99(d) or Section 121.122(c), as applicable.
(v) One-engine-inoperative auto-land capability, if flight planning is predicated on its
use.
(6) The certificate holder must operate in
accordance with the ETOPS authority as
contained in its operations specifications.
(7) The certificate holder must comply
with the maintenance program requirements
of Section 121.374.
(h) 207-minute ETOPS in the North Pacific
Area of Operations. (1) The FAA grants approval to conduct ETOPS with maximum diversion times up to 207 minutes in the North
Pacific Area of Operations as an extension to
180-minute ETOPS authority to be used on
an exception basis. This exception may be
used only on a flight-by-flight basis when an
ETOPS Alternate Airport is not available
within 180 minutes for reasons such as political or military concerns; volcanic activity;
temporary airport conditions; and airport
weather below dispatch requirements or
other weather related events.
(2) The nearest available ETOPS Alternate
Airport within 207 minutes diversion time
must be specified in the dispatch or flight release.
(3) In conducting such a flight the certificate holder must consider Air Traffic Service-s preferred track.
(4) The airplane-engine combination must
be type-design-approved for ETOPS of at
least 180 minutes. The approved time for the
airplane-s most limiting ETOPS significant
system and most limiting cargo-fire suppression time for those cargo and baggage compartments required by regulation to have
fire-suppression systems must be at least 222
minutes.
(5) The certificate holder must track how
many times 207-minute authority is used.
(i) 240-minute ETOPS in the North Polar
Area, in the area north of the NOPAC, and in
the Pacific Ocean north of the equator. (1) The
FAA grants approval to conduct 240-minute
ETOPS authority with maximum diversion
times in the North Polar Area, in the area
north of the NOPAC area, and the Pacific

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