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.
A shorter layover would be better because I would be working at a time when my body is not begging for sleep.
Trip 416 has a 20:47 layover and 33:47 TAFB. Shorten the layover to 10:00, and the TAFB becomes 23:00.
Please show me the math where you can fit 8:33 block hours in there legally.
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