Having done one of these as relief with the duff "rest", I can tell you I wouldn't want to spend another minute in the air - it is very fatiguing and I certainly wasn't on my best game on approach into Hong Kong; I definitely would not want to add an extra sector, the stress of a diversion to an unfamiliar port with lots of high terrain, onboard death and then a couple of hours of discretion into an already flawed equation. What sort of rest do you think the crew achieved inflight?
Then again I'm sure the crew did what they thought was best under very difficult circumstances.
Last edited by wheels up; 22nd Apr 2016 at 21:16.