A B737 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRED 2 PERSON EXTENDED RANGE OVERWATER OPS (ETOPS) CHK NOT ACCOMPLISHED PER THE COMPANY PROCS.

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I WAS CAPT FOR ACR FLT XYZ THAT FLEW GUAM TO ZZZ AND THEN ZZZ TO MANILA; PHILIPPINES. THE FLT WAS DISPATCHED AS ETOPS ALTHOUGH IT WAS NEVER 1 HR FROM A QUALIFIED PLACE OF LNDG. PROB OCCURRED BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY 1 MECH AT ZZZ TO DO THE ETOPS PREDEP CHK WHEN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 2 MECHS. MAINT CTL HAD FAILED TO PUT AN EXTRA MECH ON BOARD THE FLT TO GUAM. WHEN THE FLT WAS LATE TO DEPART; I FOUND THE MECH AT ZZZ TALKING ON THE PHONE TO ACR MAINT CTL; UNITED STATES. I WAS TOLD THAT IF I SIGNED THE LOGBOOK AS VERIFYING THE FLT MAINT CHKED FOR ETOPS PREDEP WITH THE MECH; THEN MAINT CTL WOULD ISSUE A CTL NUMBER AUTHORIZING THE FLT. THE LOGBOOK HAD AN ETOPS PREDEP CHK COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY THE ACR ZZZ MECH. IT ALSO HAD A LOGBOOK ENTRY REQUIRING A FLT VERIFICATION CHK (FOR ETOPS). THAT ITEM WAS THEN SIGNED BY THE MECH AS STATING NOT NEEDED. IT STATED THE CTL NUMBER ISSUED BY MAINT CTL AND FURTHER STATED THAT THE FLT WAS CLRED FOR DEP. I NOW KNOW THAT THIS WAS INCORRECT MAINT PROCS AND THE CTLR HAS BEEN REPRIMANDED AND A RPT WILL BE SENT. I AM A NEW CAPT AND THIS WAS MY FIRST FLT WITHOUT A TRAINING INSTRUCTOR. I SHOULD HAVE HAD THE ACFT REDISPATCHED AS NON ETOPS. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT MAINT CTL WAS DOING AN INCORRECT PROC. I NOW KNOW AND MY CHIEF PLT IS ENSURING THAT I AM RETRAINED.