Nick Romer
He's represented at least 3 EK pilots on this issue so he is pretty familiar with it.
Oh, and I timed it a few times going off the east coast. About 42 minutes from pushback until 12 miles off the coast. All that taxi time outbound needs to count so the percentage of time over international waters is much lower than the distance on the chart. Same is true for inbound holding at Bubin and Desdi.
Most guys are able to get the percentage of work time over international waters to around 3-7%.
Personally, I actively bid for flights over land and never once flew DXB-Australia non-stops after this became an issue.
Good luck.
TP