Originally Posted by Pilot37

Just to cover off night stops on short haul - contrary to what most people believe, the last flight out of London to a European destination for a night stop is not crewed by the same crew the following morning in the first flight back into London due to the regulations outlined in the first response above. In normal times when a destination (say Amsterdam as an example) had multiple flights a day, the night stopping crew would typical fly a late morning or early afternoon flight out and rest up for the night. They would then take the first flight back in the morning to Heathrow while the crew who flew the last outbound from Heathrow the previous evening would take over the lunch time flight back to London, swapping with the outbound overnighting crew.

Hopefully that makes sense!!

Pilot37