My entire time at FedEx, I've been told that I was unable to expense ground transportation "In Domicile".

First point: The "Domicile" is defined on page 14 of the contract as: An airport...designated by the company.

How does the english "in domicile" work? Assuming there is an actual exemption in the contract for using bank money for expensing ground travel....wouldn't be more correct to say that we are not allowed to expense ground transportation to and/or from our Domicile? The domicile is the airport (one would assume the airport boundaries apply).

Contacted FedEx ALPA legal to help me find the restriction in our contract limiting our ability to expense ground transportation in any way affiliated with the domicile or base (interchangeable terms). Like me....nothing was found.

Contacted the Company though InSite with a request to show me in the contract where expensing ground transportation in domicile is restricted. The response was:

"Ground transportation within three days of your trip...is an approved expense. If the expense is over $100, you must get mgmt. pre-approval for the value."

Anyone familiar with the contract able to shed any additional light on this subject? The only place I see a restriction is when I attempt to file the expense report....it says NO CAN DO. That might be an error. If there is no restriction - even if the company meant for there to be a restriction - then we should not be limited on this in any way.

I do not subscribe to the "its always been that way" line of thinking. If the contract allows for the expense, we should be spending. There is a specific list of restrictions in Chapter 8 and domicile issues are not addressed.

Thanks