Abagnale you genius!
You eloquently pointed out the total idiocy of all these convoluted rubbish rules.
It's simple. If you work me through the night I need a break at some point in the flight so give me a relief pilot!
This is the most basic thing and they haven't figured that out yet.....
So a Dubai flight through the day gets an unnecessary relief pilot but a Perth through the night doesn't. Etc etc etc.