The media gets details wrong all the time, so to try to parse words to get small intent differences and expect that to be factual and intentional is pointless.
And even then, I don't see the wording as quoted indicates anything other than he was at the airport (for whatever reason) at 12:48 am, then had to report back at 6 am. There is nothing indicating whether he was travelling personally or on official company travel for his inbound flight.
It is extremely unlikely that short a night would be planned willfully by the company. Based on his other behaviours, it is extremely likely that he didn't care to maintain his own legal rest periods when travelling on his own.
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