Originally Posted by
jsloan
OK, fair. They could have diverted for another reason, at which point the crew rest rules would definitely come into play when trying to resume the flight. My point was that they wouldn’t divert for crew rest — the crew wouldn’t get into the air and then suddenly realize that they were about to go illegal.
correct but no one here implied they diverted for crew rest. The fact is that once they diverted and were delayed crew rest was an issue.