Originally Posted by
whiskeytalkin
I'm pretty sure I'm ok, but wanted to double check before I bought a ticket....
I have RA days starting on the 15th and have a scheduled trip with a hefty bank at the end of the month that I won't use completely.
I can buy a ticket on the 13 for leisure travel and it will be covered by my bank because it's with then 3 days of my first RA day, correct?
I won't be using this ticket to or from Fedex, but if my memory serves me correctly I don't need to......
THX.
Even though there is some language in section 8 that defines what is considered reimbursable airline travel, the only litmus test you ever should see in the FOX system is the 3 day rule. There has never been a requirement to travel from, to or through your home or base in order to qualify. I and many others have used tickets to travel from say home to XXX 2 days prior and then jumpseat to base to start a trip. Guys in the guard and reserve do this type of travel I am sure.
Call the Union or better yet your ACP and ask. I would refrain from inferring "leisure" travel. If it is within 3 days of a trip or assignment, the travel is serving the purpose of you positioning or going home, wherever that may be for that time off the month !
If you end a trip in EWR and the family is in Europe and you have bank, buy the ticket to Europe. NO problem.
Good luck.
d. Travel claimed as a deviation expense must begin or end
within 3 days of the scheduled assignment to/from which
the pilot is deviating (e.g. scheduled deadhead, trip or Rday)
and must proceed to the intended destination of the
deviation with no greater than a 24 hour delay enroute,
domestically, and a 48 hour delay enroute internationally.