Originally Posted by captain_drew
I have thankfully forgotten the gory details . .someone more current can fill you in. . but it has to do with being no more than 100 miles away from the departure airport at a set time before the live departure of your revenue trip. Apparently we had some folks who were not adults and failed to show after deviating . . and they screwed it up for the rest of us who were responsible enough to know we had to be there at a certain time.
True........When you Deviate you now have to preform 2 check-ins via phone or computer. The first is your intital check-in just like you would check in at Air ops at the begining.......but you can check in early if you want.........................The Bad part is the second check-in which must be preformed no later than 8 hours prior to 1st revenue leg if it is a domestic flight.........or 12 hours prior to 1st revenue leg if it is a international leg.
This is where you have to SAY "I am within 100 miles of Revenue Departure City" That is what we lost with our current contract as we did not have to do that under the FCH (old Fake contract).
Drew another change , Technically all Deviation reservations (contractually) must be made using the Fedex corporate travel office............unless you can get a cheaper fare on your own. You now must use the Fedex corp charge card tp purchase reservation tickets made by yourself, so you can't get your FF miles on your personal visa or mastercard...... The only good deal is we are now allowed to get Frequent flyer miles on Northwest. Why we can't get them on everyone else is beyond me but those are the rules..........