Originally Posted by
Snookered
Hmm, I’m still not convinced … the Redeye blocks in from the west coast around 5:30 am with a 6ish hour duty period, then you spend all day (9 hours) in an airport hotel waiting for your DH leg back to base. There are flights available back to base starting at 7 am. Seems that this violates 8.D.3.
You are referencing 8.D.3, but not taking into consideration the 8.D.3
exception. The exception pretty much drives the rest requirement. You are always free to deviate from DH if you wish to take the first flight back home west.
EDIT: Looks like someone beat me to a better answer! See above post.