Originally Posted by
Adlerdriver
Interesting interpretation. So, someone who lives in the Denver area buys an airline ticket from MEM to DEN to go home after recurrent training. Since their property isn't at the end of the jet bridge when they step off the airplane, you're saying they don't have to check the "yes" box on the expense report for commuting expense?
I'm not an expert - just trying to get smart on what I am allowed or not allowed to do. Thus the inquiries with the company and ALPA.
From a recent FCIF: The “Check the Commuter Box” Rule. CBA Sec. 8.C.5.c. requires a pilot to designate on his expense report any claim for deviation travel expense that is incurred while commuting to or from his base, in which case the amount of that expense is subject to income taxation. When the deviation travel is not between the pilot’s home and base (e.g. between his home and an airport at a location other than his base), the pilot is not required to “check the box.”
For Air Travel: The "base" is the domicile......which is the airport to which you are assigned. If your base is MEM and you traveled to or from that base then you'd be required to check the box. At least that's how I read it.
If I travel via ground transportation and I do not start or end at my base (the airport) then I am not required to check the box. At least thats how I read that section.
There appears to be an attempt to place a "city wide" designation on the base/domicile definition which is clearly incorrect as the the terms base and domicile are clearly defined.