Originally Posted by
Twin Wasp
We call it "hotel reserve" because Atlas realizes most people don't live in base. Atlas could called it "short call" reserve and require everyone to be able to report to the airport within 90 minutes. Again, in the eyes of the IRS we do live in base and so having a hotel in our "home" city is a benefit.
this is interesting because many of the regionals now offer "commuter hotels" to their pilots (around 4 rooms a month IN BASE) that can be used either the night before a trip starts or the night after a trip ends. I have never heard of anyone getting imputed for these rooms, it seems like the same situation as when Atlas gateways you out the day before and puts you up in a hotel for the night before a trip starts.