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Old Apr 28, 2015 | 5:56 pm
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Originally Posted by channa
There are creative ways to do this. SkyWest gets around the rest rules by having flights scheduled as "continuous work."

They do things like get in at midnight and leave at 6:00 AM, and the crew is working like a very long sit in a city. They get a hotel room for the short overnight.
I recall UAX or USX doing something similar at DAY when I was flying there a lot, probably in the 2004-2008 timeframe ... the crew would start their duty day at the hub with the last flight (typically arriving DAY between 2330 and 0015), have a "layover" of 5 to 6 hours, and be back at the hub by ~0730 ... while the sunrise departures from DAY were nice in terms of getting back to DC, or on to wherever, I was always a bit skeptical of just how alert and well-rested (as opposed to well-caffeinated) the crew might be
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