Originally Posted by
detoilet
NO!! It only applies when your trip ends with the final leg as a DH to your domicile. If this is the case, then you can request to be deadheaded to your home airport.
Please read your TAs carefully!
you really NEED to read between the lines. Not the words, but what it means... Jeez...
When you are NOT on company equipment you only get scheduled, not actual? so if you sit 2 hours for deice for a 60 min flight you get 60 min, not block which may be 3 hours.
the DHD language to home it is not what it appears to be for most. Example, Your last flight is MLI to a domicile. The company, upon pilot request AND pass agreement WHEN such transportation is available will move the pilot to their home airport.
So, if you reside in MIA, you better hope there is a direct flight from MLI to MIA on a DAL/DCI flight, otherwise it will be denied because it cannot be met. Does anyone really think given the choice of a MLI-MEM they will give up MLI-MIA? what pay do you get? since you are on duty do you get 75% from MLI to MIA or do you get MLI-MEM?
what happens if that flight home goes through a hub or focus city?
If you are pos space you are on duty, do you get per diem? Heck, what about duty limits? A DHD back to domicile will keep you within duty limits, what happens when your flight to "home" goes beyond duty limits? Under LOA 05-02 which had similar language, the double/triple connections either exceeded duty limits OR were against the pass agreement. If there is not a direct flight from last outstation to home, there are a lot of issues that would have to be addressed.
the "permitted by pass agreement" is the out for the company, that would need to be clarified CLEARLY before KNOWING you are getting a deal.
The only bang for the buck is on training events, because for the -200 guys you are in a hub, so the odds are in your favor of being pos space to your home. For the -900 guys, depending on where you live it may be worth while. You better pray your sims stays at hub, otherwise the training provision is worthless.
read between the lines, not the word. Ask what is the language NOT saying, that is where the company will be looking from.