Why all the talk about Deadheading in the last few posts?!!
1. Atlas owns your backside for 17 days.
2. They pay you a rig...most of the time the rig is greater than block time or DH.
3. International travel (DH) is ALWAYS in Business Class (or better) per the CBA.
4. Duty day greater than 16 hours on a domestic US deadhead is also in Business Class (or better). I just did that very thing...total duty day 18 hours...operate RMS to BWI, DH BWI-ATL-AEX in First Class.
Deadheading is a way of life here...we do not (for the most part) do out and back hub turns (especially on the 744). So, the airplane is operating on a long thin line...therefore, you either wait for the next airplane to come around, or they position you elsewhere to operate the next segment. Either way, CRT (trip rig) is mostly controlling.