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LHR/MEL/Europe FF
And that’s the issue. Is the requirement for a minimum period of ‘uninterrupted sleep’, or a minimum total period of time where they can rest? If you are scheduled to the wire, an interruption is likely going to have knock on effects.
the requirement is to have a scheduled designed to meet the legal minimum rest period, to have a robust system in place for fatigue management including have a safety culture that encourages crew to identify when they are too fatigued to safely operate the flight.
As I say, you suggestion of not cutting it to the minimum rest period, which as I point out BA don’t, does not prevent sleep being interrupted by unplanned significant events that make it unsafe for the crew to operate the flight.