Luckily for EZY it all happened on a saturday when we have the early morning (04:10z) departure to ALC out of STN. This gave them an hour headstart compared to what they would have had on a weekday.
Merchant: Perhaps the crew had not noticed the expiry on their first sector, which would have explained them flying the first leg.
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