Originally Posted by
Atlas Shrugged
Tickets to and from your base are taxed. Other travel is on the company.
We have 200s and 300s on the 767 side. The 300s are brand new and ok for short DHs. That is the only experience I have on them so far.
I have spent some months deadheading more than operating. They will cut your money out from under at any opportunity.
Just to clarify: Gateway tickets to/from your base
can be taxed. Enforcement is spotty. I got hit every time I touched JFK. Haven't paid a dime in CVG. YMMV
The 767-200s are as old as they get, but they're okay for short DHs (not that you get a say in it). The -300Fs are brand new and are set up like UPS, with the jumpsuits next to the lav. The only DHs on that plane currently are on the short-haul Asia stuff. They've tried DHing guys NRT-SYD, but it's illegal. Nothing over 8 hours on a jumpseat. (Apparently we have some new hires in Scheduling.) You can be assigned to DH on one of our pax -300ERs, usually across the Atlantic. They have a "first class" section, but it blows compared to a commercial airline. Rarely used, but they do it occasionally.