Piltdown Man,
It would be useful to know who you fly for.
I was reading just today a letter from a chief pilot of a certain ''Blue Dutch '' airline,reminding pilots about the new ATSOCAS,and to avoid flying outside CAS whenever possible.
Also I can only guess from your profile,but the type of aircraft you fly seems Brazilian.In which case being 100 nm late descending seems to be the norm for that type,and being unable to slow down for airspace,or ATC factors is also pretty standard.
As for direct EGPD from the North Sea.Well at EGPD this puts a lot of work on to Approach Radar,because you are mixing it with all the other short cutters,that seem to thrive on wanting an airshow.Also high,fast and conflicting with military.Is this the safest thing to be doing?Direct routing in Class G are happening all the time,even when WW3 is going on in the 613 complex.New fangled Deconfliction services won't necessarily save you getting tangled up with the military.
