Originally Posted by
starship
I've deadheaded from CVG-INC and worked the flight INC-HKG. I can't recall the rest rules but I believe the absolute duty day is 24 hours with a four man crew and anything beyond 20 hours needs Chief Pilot approval. Not positive though. Again this is just duty day.
Do you really mean Yinchuan or is it Inchon? Either way, they DH four pilots to Asia to operate a 3-4 hour flight just so they can use 4-man crew rest rules and immediately operate upon arrival?