How does it work...?

[Flyby1206]

How does it work when fractional pilots are scheduled to rent a car on behalf of the company to reposition to another city? Is the reservation made by the company and waiting for the pilot? Does it count as "duty" time (I'm not familiar with the 135/91 regs)? I'm just curious why we don't see this sort of thing in the Part 121 world. Thanks

 

[Rubber Ducky]

Reservation is set up by the company and paid for on the company supplied credit card with email of confirmation to crew members. It is duty time and there are typically restrictions related to how far you can drive instead of purchasing an airline ticket. Duty time is for all crew members in the vehicle, not just the one driving. Sorry to hear 121 is in the stone ages.

 

[Propilot77]

Reservation is set up by the company and paid for on the company supplied credit card with email of confirmation to crew members. It is duty time and there are typically restrictions related to how far you can drive instead of purchasing an airline ticket. Duty time is for all crew members in the vehicle, not just the one driving. Sorry to hear 121 is in the stone ages.

Not all fractionals setup your transportation....at Flexjet the crew sets up their own rides and then get control numbers to expense to the company.

 

[Rubber Ducky]

Hopefully that will change for the better with the merger.

 

[Jim]

Sorry to hear 121 is in the stone ages.

I doubt many, if any, 121 pilots reposition to other airports. And if they did, it would be in a hired car/van/limo with a driver (at least at a major). It would also be duty time as a deadhead.

Sorry to hear your work rule make you drive yourself.

 

[imacdog]

We also get hired drivers where a rental car doesn't make sense - short enough to be cheaper or longer than a set amount of miles.

 

[Sparse]

I doubt many, if any, 121 pilots reposition to other airports. And if they did, it would be in a hired car/van/limo with a driver (at least at a major). It would also be duty time as a deadhead.

Sorry to hear your work rule make you drive yourself.

Before I retired from 121, if you changed airports it was via cab or car service and it was referred to as "surface deadhead". It was duty. My company always set it up and paid for it.

 

[exagony]

Not all fractionals setup your transportation....at Flexjet the crew sets up their own rides and then get control numbers to expense to the company.

Well the FOM states that scheduling is supposed to set up rental cars...

 

[bailout]

At CAir the company reserved the car, you paid for it and later expense'd it and in most cases it was part of duty time. Depends if you over nighted in between.

 

[doh]

Well the FOM states that scheduling is supposed to set up rental cars...

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Book of Company Convenience (BCC), not an FOM.