Originally Posted by
TonyWilliams
If you're flying in and out of your base, and you do every other leg, one person tends to keep landing at the base. In that case, the captain may suggest that you each alternate flying the round trips.
I'm sure most companies have rules that apply when the captain must land. For instance, at SkyWest, the captain must land at SBP (5300 feet long). Or the captain must land in certain wind conditions.
At XJT, most guys will "reverse" the order at the hub (the guy who landed at the hub will do the takeoff going back out), so that you don't have to alternate round trips.