ULR always need to be planned 4 crew
Gents,
Any normal ULR flight needs to be planned with 4 crew as per the OM-A. The note g. in 7.C.1 is an absolute minimum (to get an aircraft home in case of a sick pilot) for which there are requirements which are stated in 7.C.7
In case you doubt this, there is a similar statement in 8.3.7 (In-flight Fuel management)
In the pre-amble under 8.3.7 is clearly says: The FOB shall be periodically checked in flight to ensure that the amount of usable fuel remaining is not less than the fuel required to proceed to an aerodrome where a safe landing can be made, with final reserve fuel remaining.
Everybody knows that this is a bare minimum for which there are some requirements (8.3.7.2) or when diverting to your alternate.
Fot the ULR plan, this is written in exactly the same style , it's a statement in the general section of an ABSOLUTE minimum for which requirements need to be met, which are explained in detail in the subsections.
So, if they do want us to fly to JFK with only 3 pilots, they have to take away the ULR tag from the flight.
When normal rules apply, the absolute max FDP for a 3 man crew (without discretion) leaving DXB on EK201 is around 15:30 using burn-out of the augmenting guy. With a planned flight time of 13:45, thus a planned FDP of 14:45, this is (unfortunately) absolutely legal.
Planned rest time in NY is 31:15, so unless you arrive more than 1:15 late in JFK, the return sector won't be affected.
Whether this will work is a completely different kind of question which has been answered in the past, but from a legality point of view there doesn't seem to be an issue with our OM-A.