Commuter Clause

[Tim47SIP]

I did a search and really did not find much.

If any of your companies have a Commuter Clause, what is it like and what are the rules; like how many times it can be invoked, are the trips dropped or picked up somewhere else, etc.?

Thanks.:beer:

 

[145EXR]

at expressjet, you must be at the gate for two flights..the 2nd one must be scheduled to arrive no later than 30 min prior to your report time (this can be on any airline, dosent have to be on us or cal)..there must be seats available on both flights (jumpseat is considered a seat) 24 hrs prior to departure..you are not held accountable for weather/mechanical delays or cancellations...if you do not get to work its listed as a "commuter mistrip"..its not counted as an attendance event however you do not get paid for the portion missed.

 

[cobalt]

...if you do not get to work its listed as a "commuter mistrip"..its not counted as an attendance event however you do not get paid for the portion missed.

actually, it is now a CPD, commuter personal drop, so there is no "miss trip" associated with it.

 

[Chicken Taco]

RAH policy is to be listed on 2 flights that have seats within 48 hours of departure. If you don't make either you will report to your base and become reserve until you can rejoin the trip, or else rejoin it at the overnight or similar if you can work it out with sched. You can use offline flights if you can provide documentation as well (jumpseat slips or similar.)
Policy can be used twice in a rolling 6 month period..

..CT

 

[ArcticFlier]

SkyW has no such policy.


AF :smash:

 

[buyagoat]

commuter clause?!? sounds like you need to move to your crew base! thats the piedmont way, and it should be your way also.

 

[Prop2Jet]

You no show, you can get fired for the delay of a flight or for the cancellation of the flight.

 

[ArcticFlier]

commuter clause?!? sounds like you need to move to your crew base! thats the piedmont way, and it should be your way also.

Why? Because that's the way PDT does it? Fug that.


AF

 

[ReverseSensing]

commuter clause?!? sounds like you need to move to your crew base! thats the piedmont way, and it should be your way also.

Any chance you're doing this as an impersonation in your best "chief pilot voice"?

 

[buyagoat]

as a matter of fact reversesensing, your right now that i think of it, the only question i was asked by the chief at pdt on my interview was: Will you move to base? my answer was of corse, and then i found out there was this thing called a commuter clause, and since then i have not spent a night in base that i did not absolutly have to, or at least i think thats how it went.

good luck with the commute!

 

[QCappy]

Horizon Air's Commuter clause:

Commuter Policy​

1. General
a. Pilots are responsible for reporting to assignments in a timely manner
and rested for a full duty period. The following provisions are not
intended to relieve pilots of that responsibility. A pilot who claims illness
or injury from a location that is more than 100 miles away from his base
may be required to submit satisfactory evidence to his Chief Pilot that he is
unable to report for that reason.
b. A pilot who is unable to report for duty as a result of a delay or
cancellations due to flight schedule disruptions or the unanticipated
unavailability of a non-revenue seat shall notify crew scheduling in the
manner specified herein (see L.3.b/d and e below), shall comply with the
procedures for listing on an approved flight (see L.2. below), and shall
report to the departure gate for the flight (see L.3.a below). If all of the
above requirements are met, the pilot shall not be subject to any
disciplinary action as a result of his inability to report on time.
c. This commuter policy applies only if the Pilot commutes on Horizon
Air or Alaska Airlines, carriers for which the Company has direct access to
their computer reservation systems. A Pilot who commutes on any other
carrier is governed solely by L.1.a above.
2. Listing for Travel
a. Any pilot commuting to an assignment must be listed in the computer
reservation system as a non-revenue passenger. The pilot must be listed
on an appropriate flight not more than forty-eight (48) but not less than
twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the scheduled departure time for the
flight he expects to use to commute to work. This flight is designated by
the pilot as his primary flight.
b. Pilots may only list for travel on flights which have seats available for
sale to the public during the time period described in L.2.a above.
c. The primary flight on which the pilot elects to list must be scheduled to
arrive at the airport where he is assigned to commence his trip in advance
of his show time. There must also be at least one 'back-up' flight scheduled
to depart from the same airport later than the primary flight on which he is
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listed. This back-up flight must also be scheduled to arrive prior to his
show time.
3. Travel Procedures
a. Pilots commuting to an assignment must arrive at the designated gate
for the primary flight on which they are listed at least thirty (30) minutes
prior to the scheduled departure time of that flight.
b. After arriving at the departure gate, if the pilot becomes aware of a
delay/cancellation or the unavailability of a non-revenue passenger seat on
his primary flight, he will immediately notify crew scheduling. The pilot
will provide the flight number and departure time of his back-up flight(s)
and discuss any other possible travel alternatives with the scheduled backup
flight.
c. Following the delay or cancellation of a primary flight the pilot will
report to the departure gate of his back-up flight as soon as practical.
d. As soon as the pilot becomes aware that he will not be able to report for
duty at or before his show time due to flight delays, cancellations or nonrevenue
seat availability he will immediately contact crew scheduling.
e. The pilot will make every effort to report to the location at which he
was scheduled to begin his pairing as soon as possible following the flight
cancellation. The pilot and crew scheduler may mutually agree to an
alternate location to which the pilot will report.
4. Reassignment Following a Missed Report Time
a. Crew scheduling will reassign a pilot to his original trip as soon as
possible when a pilot reports for duty following a missed report time
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this commuter policy.
b. If the pilot's original pairing does not return to the location at which he
was scheduled to report for duty he may be assigned to any other pairing
that is scheduled to be completed at the same location and at a time earlier
than or the same as his original pairing.
c. Nothing in this section shall prevent the pilot and crew scheduler from
mutually agreeing to any other reassignment.
5. Compensation
Pilots who are unavailable for duty pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Section will be considered to be on time off without pay. The pilot's bid period
guarantee will be reduced by an amount equal to the scheduled credit hours for all
assignments missed.​