I think he was asking about A1 to and from trips while I'm TDY. TDY would work if you were senior and can get commutable trips .. otherwise it's a crap shoot!

A1 at the beginning of the month to your first trip and A3 at the end to get home after your last. If you want to go home in between trips during the month you can A12 which will get you in front of the non revs at least.

Or you can d2/JS and keep the per diem clock going. A12 turns it off.

Clever but I think that can get you a front row seat at a section 21 hearing :-)

BS. People do this all the time. Non-event.

This “chief pilot boogeyman” BS has got to stop.

So lucky to get TDY twice a year! Back to shopping for housing in Ft Lauderdale. Thanks guys

Where you looking? Coral Springs, Parkland, or Weston if you have kids

Actually not BS..

"The pilot's expenses for the TDY assignment, as provided in JCBA 7.B.2., shall begin at the scheduled departure time of the deadhead to the assigned TDY base (A1) and end at the scheduled arrival time of the deadhead from the assigned TDY base (A3). However, any time a pilot elects to leave the base while not assigned to fly or be available as a reserve shall not be compensable."


"Travel between TDY domicile and home is, A1 to the first TDY assignment, A3 from the last TDY assignment, and A12 between all other trips. ALL TDY pilots can use A1 travel for their initial travel to TDY base from either home town or home base and A3 travel at the completion of TDY month to return home."

JS/D2 while on TDY to keep the per diem clock running is considered stealing from the company $60 per day, no different than a $8 mini.

With on going negotiations management would love nothing more then a few section 21 hostages.

single, no kids, looking to enjoy the night life and a high rise for a year. Probably renting something downtown for a year after I sell my house in the midwest

There’s no contractual requirement to ask permission to do whatever you want on a day off while TDY. No permission needed to jumpseat, buy a ticket on any airline, non-rev, take a train, rent a car, whatever. No requirement to submit a report to the company with an hour by hour account of your whereabouts. Company wants to turn on/off per diem? Ok, great! Not my job to track. This ain’t the military.

You’re “authorized” A12 passes, which are positive space in name only. You don’t have to use them. You just can’t use A1/A3 other than TDY start/end.

If the company wants to attempt to track people’s presence in a TDY base in an effort to save a couple hundred bucks in per diem, they’re more than welcome to do so. This is AA IT we’re talking about. Even IF someone got “audited” (they won’t), and even IF AA could prove that you “owed” a couple hundred bucks of overpaid per diem… who cares? Deduct the overpayment from the next paycheck. There’s no way you did anything “wrong”- it’s not your job to track your per diem while TDY. If the company wants you to do so, they can negotiate for that. In no way does this come close to company harassment/hostage taking. If you’re super paranoid, send a HISEND when you leave and return. Can almost guarantee scheduling/tracking will file that in the circular bin.