Originally Posted by
Beagle_Lover
If for instance HOU is my base, will I be able to airline out of IAH?
I think the simplest way of explaning this is:
You are responsible for getting yourself to your crew base airport at show time on day 1 and getting yourself home from that crew base on day last. (There's is an exception for last day travel if you want to return to a different city, but we won't get into that in this example)
If the company wants you to begin travel at a different airport, usually because of cheaper airfare, you'll receive a briefing for it as part of your duty day after showing at the crew base. It could be a taxi, limo or rental car to a nearby field to airline out or fly an NJA plane out. Rarely, you might even deadhead with another NJA crew on a ferry flight. Either way, it's on the company's dime and time after show at the crew base.
For example, my crew base is DAL, but over the last year I've started my tours with an airline ride out of DFW about 75% of the time. About 20% is airline out of DAL. The other 5% or so has been flying a NetJets plane out of some field in the dallas area. This varies by fleet, city and from person to person, so don't take that as any kind of average.
-NTFB