The "original point of departure" is up to you to determine. When you
terminate whatever you are calling a "flight", you change your OPD. But what
you call a "flight" is also up to you. A flight can consist of multiple legs
over many days.

What the FAQ is silent on is, in the case of repositioning for the purpose of
making a cross country flight, whether the repositioning leg (before the new
OPD) can be counted as XC time. I would say yes, since a repositioning leg
after the 50nm XC could be, and there's no real difference between the two.

One of the maddening things about the FAQ and about answers from the FAA that
I've read is that they very carefully don't answer the question that was asked,
while filling the page with lots of text.

Jose

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