ETOPS

English

Proper noun

ETOPS

1. (aviation) Acronym of Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards. An aviation rule about how far two-engined aircraft can operate distant from a diversion airport at all times in case of a single-engine failure. Without ETOPS that is 60-minutes of flight time, Various ETOPS levels of qualification extend this to 90, 120, 180-minutes.
2. (humorous, aviation) Acronym of engines turn or passengers swim. A facetious backronym reinterpretation of ETOPS to explain the literal situation of ETOPS operations, due to the lack of range from single-engine operations on twin-engined aircraft, and circumstances over long-haul ocean routes.

Anagrams

• stope, potes, Topes, topes, pesto, estop, Petos, T pose, stoep, septo-, Poets, T-pose, poset, e-stop, Potes, poets