jb747
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You've previously explained that flights where you are PAX for positioning reasons count as duty hours. In a case like a diversion to BNE where a new crew operates the sector to MEL after refuelling, can you PAX it (assuming an available seat) in order to get home to your family/own bed etc. or do the rules still apply and you're off to a Brisbane hotel for the night?
Very long duty times attract extra pay (overtime for want of a better term). As those payments would still be required, it becomes a balancing game for the schedulers. Is it cheaper to offload us for 24 hours (which attracts its own costs) or leave us on the aircraft. Is space available at the contract hotel, and what about flights home? Will making the trip a day longer have repercussions for other duties. Generally though, they will plan on offloading us.