popay
Is the route a new route or one that has been regularly flown for many years, is it weekly etc.
One suspects that the block time is incorrect so a reschedule should be considered. What are the implications of a reschedule for your Airline. Implications to how the flight is crewed and or slot times. If the flight was 12.00 hrs then you would be on max FDP. Can you establish how many times discretion has been used.
When the CAA audit your Flight Ops they will pick up a trend if there is one and suggest you do something about it. You could apply a level 1 or 2 variation but i'm not sure if you can apply these to trips which are supposed to be factored but not due to a third crew member. The likely answer is a specific variation for the flight or the use of crew rest facilities, (seats or bunk) something that the airline will shy away from.
May we ask where the destination is?
