Will any options be available to customize the VC? ETOPS sticker and such?

There's a pretty crazy amount of customization available - the ETOPS (it's not just the sticker) is one. ETOPS has other requirements that also get enabled/disabled with that option - we've got the actual systems requirements modeled it's not just cosmetic.

I'd like to know what "sticker" you're talking about?thanks

I'd like to know what "sticker" you're talking about?

I could be wrong, but probably the "qualified for ext overwater operations" directly above the PFD in this picture.http://downloads.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/NGX/NGX_External_Preview_011.jpg

There is a sticker over the left PFD that says: "QUALIFIED FOR EXT OVERWATER OPERATIONS". I don't know if it has to be over the PFD but that's where it is on the NGX.Edit:Ah, the internet is too fast for me.

You now... I have never noticed the stick. That picture is my current wallpaper. I see it everyday but never noticed it there.

There's a pretty crazy amount of customization available - the ETOPS (it's not just the sticker) is one. ETOPS has other requirements that also get enabled/disabled with that option - we've got the actual systems requirements modeled it's not just cosmetic.

Thanks (: Can't wait to give it a try

There's a pretty crazy amount of customization available - the ETOPS (it's not just the sticker) is one. ETOPS has other requirements that also get enabled/disabled with that option - we've got the actual systems requirements modeled it's not just cosmetic.

Sweet

I could be wrong, but probably the "qualified for ext overwater operations" directly above the PFD in this picture.http://downloads.pre...Preview_011.jpg

Ah, alright. Thank you.

I thought ETOPS was type-specific in that the type has the capability necessary to meet ETOPS requirements. Is it aircraft specific, in that one aircraft of a type may be ETOPS qualified but another is not even if from the same airline? What makes an aircraft ETOPS qualified anyway?

in that one aircraft of a type may be ETOPS qualified but another is not even if from the same airline?

As far as I'm aware, yes, one aircraft could be ETOPS certified and the other could not, even from the same airline. I also believe they have to maintain that certification, so an aircraft could be certified one day and not the next. That said, I don't know exactly what you need to be ETOPS certified. Hopefully someone else can help there.

I think the airline has to become ETOPS certified also.

I think the airline has to become ETOPS certified also.

And the crew as well AFAIK.Cheers,

If I remember right, ETOPS has something to do with an aircrafts ability to divert to an alternate runway in the event of loss of an engine and that depending on the number of engines the aircraft has, the amount of time it has to be able to remain airborne varies.

All answers to ETOPS are here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPSCheersHolger Kneib