Originally Posted by
TomMM
When a flight diverts due to crew timeout, what happens to the original crew? Are they ferried back to their home base? Yesterday's UA895 ORD-HKG was delay 8+ hours and then diverted to SFO which I am assuming was due to the crew timing out. Does the ORD crew ride back home or would they pickup a new flight after resting?
I don't do the long hauls but I would guess they are given a hotel in SFO and they can deadhead back the next day. That or commute straight to their home town if they don't live in ORD.