Originally Posted by
Doorknob
The layover could be as short as 10 hours and still be legal for 8 in 24 purposes. You seem to be up on the FARs as you post them frequently. I'm not saying it's a good trip I was just wondering why you were complaining about a long layover and implying a shorter layover would be better so you could just sleep once.
20 - 26 hour layovers sound great but they are not, especially if your next duty period is going to be long. In this particular case, you fly to OAK, get to the hotel at 0600 OAK time. Fall asleep at 0630. Get your 8 hours of sleep, if you're lucky, and get up at 1430. Stay awake for 16 hours and ready for bed. Well, 16 hours after 1430 is when it is time to depart RNO for MEM.