Deviation DH
It has been awhile, so I want to make sure interpretation hasnt changed.
I have a DH on the 15th HKG-MEM. I am deviating and want to travel later in the month. I have a trip on the 29th, and the way I have done it in the past is I would DH within 3 days of any trip and the Company paid for the ticket.
The contract says in Sec8....
Travel claimed as a deviation expense must begin or end within 3
days of the scheduled assignment to/from which the pilot is deviating
(e.g., scheduled deadhead, trip or R-day) and must proceed
to the intended destination of the deviation with no greater than a
24 hour delay enroute, domestically, and a 48 hour delay en route
internationally.
The way this reads is that the deviation has to begin or end within 3 days of the "scheduled assignment to/from which the pilot is deviating".
My deviation is not associated with my trip on the 29th. A lawyer would say that my deviation is not associated with the specific trip I have on the 29th, but instead it is connected with the previous trip that had the DH on the 15th.
I know in the past that if the deviation was within the 3 days of any trip, you were good. Maybe I am being paranoid and dont care to eat a $4000+ ticket, but is this still the way it is done?
Also, If my trip starts on the 29th zulu time, does the deviation have to start with 3 days of that trip, or can my deviation end (arrival at my destination) within 3 days.