Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
That is rightly paid for by the company and rightly recognized by the IRS as not being income.
There is nothing "right" about it. It's a standard practice at airlines, just as provided lodging for a pilot doing work at ALPA is a standard practice. Either way, it saves the employee the expense of having to provide it out of pocket.
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
The correct analogy would be Delta paying for the housing, car and meals of a commuting pilot before and after the trip. If Delta did that, the IRS would rightly consider that income. Why? Because paying for commuting expenses allows you to keep more of your salary.
For example, when Delta pays for a pilot's hotel when he is training at his base? Or when NWA used to provide positive space travel for commuting instructors to NATCO and give them hotels during stretches of sim periods?
Was that considered income?