Originally Posted by
Sluggo_63
You don't. An Assistant Chief Pilot tried that and was shot down in short order. The FAA was very clear that commute time is not duty time.
The only think that looks vaguely like that is our protection. In order to be protected on your commute, you can't have planned a commute day plus your trip to be over 13.5 hours.
Yes, but at AA/DL/UA/SW, you are can commute and operate right away AND be protected. FedEx’s policy is a lot less lenient than those places. But it is true, that once you have seniority, you can get double dead head trips where you positive space yourself. BUT, you are not protected on those flights either. So back to the same problem. The policy needs to change for the better to catch up to others.