Expanded ops to a second city is not local in character, so time spent in transportation, required by an operator of a flight crew member, to an airport at which he is to serve as a flight crew member on a flight is not considered part of the rest period. 135.263(c) is very clear on that. However, in the example given, duty on the second day is OK because the required rest period was served free of duty after arrival at the 2nd city. The question is, whether the duty clock keeps ticking on day one after completing flight assignments on that day and then being required to be transported to city 2 (not being the home station). The operative element seems to be about accepting flight time during the duty period, and whilst you're in transport to the 2nd city, obviously you can't accept flight time then. So, I'm inclined to go with the operators interpretation.
Last edited by gulliBell; 10th Aug 2019 at 23:17.