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Original Message A pilot is assigned a base by the company from which the 50 mile radius is based. He lives relative to that assigned base. Then, the company assigns the pilot to work at another location, 45 miles away from his assigned base, but just inside the 50 mile radius. He lives 35 miles from his assigned base in the opposite direction. The company has assigned the pilot to ground transport himself 80 miles here from his residence (45 miles from his starting point). Since miles doesn't equate to a specific time, the commute can be quite some time, which is a driving assignment directed by the company (thus, he is working as directed by the company). The FAA has consistently interpreted "rest" as a continuous period of time during which the FAR 135.263(c) states: Time spent in transportation, not local in character, that a certificate holder requires of a flight crewmember and provides to transport the crewmember to an airport at which he is to serve on a flight as a crewmember, or from an airport at which he was relieved from duty to return to his home station, is not considered part of a rest period. Local in Character is defined by the FAA as being transportation that is reasonably brief, that would be from a hotel or motel to the airport and back, or a pilot going to or from his residence to his primary base. Going from your assigned base to another is not transportation local in nature, it is a ground deadhead! It is duty, and not part of the rest period!
CBA: Regional Relief Pilots: Pilots who do not hold a regular work schedule and fill vacancies at any
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