Originally Posted by
simons1
Not convinced by that. UK Immigration rules state that entry is allowed if:
1. are operating crew (including stewards and stewardesses);
2. are holding their licences or valid crew members’ certificates or passports; and
3. are departing, as a member of the crew, on the same aircraft from the airport at which they arrived or within seven days on another aircraft (crew intending to stay longer than seven days must have entry clearance.
4. Those who wish to extend their stay after entry must apply in the UK for leave to remain).
My reading of that is that there is a complete difference between crew that are based elsewhere and having a layover here between flights, and people using UK as their base which would be the case if the aircraft were operating from a base here.
https://www.gov.uk/government/public.../aircrew-crm02
They will be departing the next day. There's nothing to prevent them arriving again that day, or the next. They just cant stay for longer than 7 days between flights without permission.
I'm sure they will actually position in from DOH and then be flying every day in a work block. This will mean possibly staying overnight at LHR or maybe somewhere else in Europe and then position back to Qatar at the end of a work block (which is likely to be 7 days or less anyway).