Originally Posted by
Buswinker
I’m more interested by this part of the story [that the LHR-HND flight was operated by 2 pilots]
JL requires 3 pilots on flights >12 hours. HND-LHR is 12h15m, while the return LHR-HND is 11h45m. So, it would've been within company rules to have only 2 crew for the return flight.