Originally Posted by
Aluminium shuffler
Aussiefarmer, I understand that concern, but I doubt the company could claim non-flying days downroute as days off as they are by definition duty days; you are in that location for that duration at the direction of the company. They can class them as rest days, but I don't think they can hope to legally call them "off".
OM-A says off days should "preferably" be in DXB. That's why we can do long freighter pairings or the 418, since max duty days in a row is 7.