Originally Posted by IFLYUA
I'm not sure where this bit of "info" came from, but the longest NRT layover for any US-based crew is 26 hours. The SFO-based crews usually have 22-25 hour layover in Narita, not 48+ hours.
I apologize for the mistake - I was actually making that statement from personal experience.
When I did a MR in March, I flew ORD-HKG-SIN. Since I was going to be flying back the exact same way, I asked the FA from ORD-HKG whether they will be on tomorrows flight from HKG-ORD. She just laughed at said that have 2 days in HKG. Calculation:
Flight arrives at 6pm on day 1. (6 hours till MN)
Day 2 is free. (24 hours)
Flight departs at 11:40am on Day 3. (11.40 hours)
So in total, that is 41.4 hours - granted, I did not take into consideration the time it take to wait for passengers to leave, immigation, transport, etc.