There are a bunch of AR routes that run North-South off shore. It's a good way to avoid the mess that is the north east corridor if you are operating New England to Florida.
I would bet it is the over water exemption that ASA has and helped Skywest obtain. Thanks to our training dept.(quasi etops) you have to remain within 162 miles of land.
You are thinking NAT tracks which go from North America to Europe... The AR routes extend form North Carolina to South Florida... They take you well beyond the 50 miles off shore and you need an overwater equiped airplane.
for the sake of fun stupid argument. WHERE in the world would you stash a couple of rafts onboard.
Someone mentioned the pool training...you only do that to train for the rafts/slide rafts.
The barbie jet doesn't have slides...soooo, you'd need at least two rafts. The are BIG. Unless youplan on removing some seats...(soup nazi) NO over water for YOU!
Unless you're going to use ASAs footwork for their EOW for the CR7s approval that someone else mentioned.
I believe you have it correct there, Sir. That is what this is all about, not ETOPS. Not to be silly, but! An FO I recently flew with had our POI in the jumpseat the previous week and the Fed said the paperwork was done and approved for some type of overwater B.S. Not ETOPS. I don't know the details but it sounded like it was something for the Caribean. Where else are you going to fly an RJ over water? The Great Salt Lake?
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