Originally Posted by Herkflyr

You are talking two different things here. What a pilot does on a layover is his business. I've had guys in the JS going home on similar such long layovers. So long as you are ready at scheduled pickup time on your next working leg, nothing else matters.

Your other example of a guy getting his days mixed up could happen on any layover. Whether or not he was at home or not hardly matters--though his missing the pickup, for whatever reason, is indeed his fault.


So to answer the question: yes, you can go home on a long domestic layover. However, it is always the pilot's job to be available and ready for work at the scheduled pickup time.