as soon as we were outside the Australian FIR, commonsense prevailed, the Captain was no longer constrained in operating the aircraft properly. Another example of mindless regulatory straighjackets.
One assumes you were still within your block clearance, Leadsled. Outside the Aus FIR is still controlled airspace, you strill have to request and get any changes to your plan...that was what FANS was all about, wasn't it...Giving Captains more disgression to choose the best routes because they were less constrained than the huge blocks of airspace required to keep your sorry arse safe from running into someone else under procedural airspace...but, then again. You know that...tell the punters why FANS is so much better for oceanic....
Give you a head start...explain ADS-C and how it makes for tighter tolerances for separation as opposed to full procedures...Surveillance as opposed to Procedures....that sounds like an argument for E