Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
No in the pax world, but plenty of ACMI's will do it.
Also, I thought I heard of FedEx having their pilots sit reserve in cities where there is a large operation but no pilot base. Like IND.
At FedEx we put people on "hotel standby" in any city we need coverage. Sometimes this is built right into the monthy lines. Sometimes crew scheduling will take a reserve pilot and build him a trip that is nothing more than a deadhead to the hotel and a week of availability periods, then a deadhead back to base.