Originally Posted by
Fly3
I witnessed many times Virgin crews who had operated from London in LAX arriving in the hotel in Torrance late afternoon. I then saw them checking out again just over 24 hours later to operate the return leg and they never looked rested. IIRC didn't the regulations recommend avoiding rests periods between 18 and 30 hours?
The history of 18-30hr rest periods is when UK Charter airlines operated 2 crew to Orlando on B767 etc many moons ago so day / night rotation. Things have moved on since then. 24hrs in East Coast is manageable - 24hrs in West Coast is beyond me but could be example mitigated by having extra crew / in-flight relief and time off on return to base.