Originally Posted by
kronan
Adler,
you're forgetting this language at the very end of the section you quotedfrom
"Regardless of the class of service actually ticketed, a pilot's deviation bank shall be credited with the Baseline Fare for the highest class of service which is authorized on the scheduled deadhead flight, and which exists on that flight."
Scheduled, you get what you get, but if FC is available on that flight, deviation bank should be credited with that fare quote.
This is referring to a situation where your ticketed seat does not meet the higher class of service requirements. Like you get stuck in coach because business is full. You still get the authorized BC fare in your travel bank. Just because FC is available on a flight, doesn't mean you're "authorized" that if the flat-bed trump gets played.
Use the 16 hour duty day scenario. The rules used to require full fare or discounted FC before business. Those rules are still there, but they get trumped if they can put you in a flat-bed BC seat. This scenario does not somehow mean you were still "authorized" FC and would get your deviation bank credited with a FC fare. That "authorization" for FC based on the listed hierarchy is no longer a player since flat-bed satisfies the higher class of service requirement.