Am I missing something here...question for long haul peeps

[seagull]

Maybe I am missing something here, but talking to some international drivers they like to do two trips back to back to help out with commutting. How is it legal?


-Day one fly to Europe! Yippee!!!!

7:45 Block

-Day two arrive in Europe!!!!!! Enjoy some wine/beer!!!!

-Day three back to the States. Arrive in the States, go to the commuter hotel!

8:30 Block

-Day four back to Europe!!!!!!!

8:15 Block

-Day five arrive in Europe, enjoy yourself once again.

-Day six, back to the states and home.

8:45 block.


Am I missing something?

Well, the first thing is flying to Europe with under 8 hr block time is hardly "long haul" in my book!

More seriously, those out and back types to Europe are pretty hard on the body, I think. I prefer the round the world trips. MEM-CDG, layover, CDG-SFS, layover, SFS-KIX, layover, KIX-MEM, done with one other short thing in the month. Or, perhaps, MEM-HNL, HNL-SYD, SYD-SFS, SFS-HKG, HKG-ALA, ALA-CDG, CDG-MEM, done for the month!

 

[kellwolf]

Well, the first thing is flying to Europe with under 8 hr block time is hardly "long haul" in my book!

More seriously, those out and back types to Europe are pretty hard on the body, I think. I prefer the round the world trips. MEM-CDG, layover, CDG-SFS, layover, SFS-KIX, layover, KIX-MEM, done with one other short thing in the month. Or, perhaps, MEM-HNL, HNL-SYD, SYD-SFS, SFS-HKG, HKG-ALA, ALA-CDG, CDG-MEM, done for the month!

The more I hear from you, the better FedEx is looking.....