I hate to say it guys but 3 man ULH will be here before we know it and there is nowt we can do to stop it. My old man has a good mate in Air Canada who was telling him they are 3 man on YVR - HKG and have been for a while. Also going that way on a lot of other ULH routes. I've got mates that do UK-Red sea and return with just 2 of them, that's about 5.5 hours each way with an hour on the ground for a turn around. Virgin do 3 man Lhr-Hkg all year round, they do get a long stop though, with a syd night stop in there somewhere. As it's been said before, it's the easiest way to solve crewing problems.
Face it fella's, work's gonna become a lot harder, and rest (both during and before flights) alot more important.