Da Dog
JNB LGW Diversion.
If the crew had insisted on 2 nights at LGW having been away for 4 or 5 days, would the time spent in a hotel at LGW counted towards their time off after the trip?
I find it hard to believe anyone who had been away from home for 4 or 5 days would want to be stuck in a LGW hotel perhaps miles from anywhere when home base and perhaps their loved one's are only a 45 minute drive away.
I assumed a diversion to any of the London airports would have resulted in a short bus drive to base unless other forces such as exceeding legal working limits prevented that.
Last time I was a passenger on a flight that diverted (a short haul flight) we waited an hour and the same crew flew us on to LHR.