What is your general policy for trip scheduled deadheads? Are they always on pax carriers or on UPS jets? If on pax aircraft, can you deviate and use the allotted ticket value for a different airline if your choice? How long does your "travel bank" last?

Thx

 

All scheduled domestic positioning is done via comml deadheads. Reserve crewmembers may deadhead on company aircraft (typical) but if they are substituting the commercial portion with a ups deadhead, their travel bank is credited with 62.5% of the commercial ticket value. The "work with" fare for the pairings can be used to deviate and 62.5% of any money saved goes into your ticket bank for use within the next 4 bid periods (all but one are 56 days long). So effectively, you get the use of ticket bank for at least 6-7 months.

Hope this helps.

Pilot7576

 

Perfect-thx!

 

while technically true all scheduled domestic deadheading is done on pax airlines here is an example of a loop hole that is used by the company

Deadhead as a jumpseater on UPS flight SDF-PHL at 0330 local then after a 2-3 hour wait in PHL, then operate PHL-CGN. Since the operating leg is international it does not met the domestic commercial requirement. The reverse of this occurs on the return. Operate CGN-PHL, sit in PHL for a few hours and then deadheading as a jumpseater back to SDF.

International operations use the company jumpseat to position crews as much as possible.


Also any and all deviations are at the risk of the pilot and are not pay protected. Once deviating the company assumes no responsibility for anything. Certain pay deductions occur if the pilot does not position him/herself early enough if deviating with a company ticket.