kc10/c130

The people @ expense reports are gone for the weekend so I will ask the experts. I am at the end of a trip in Sydney & now deadhead home. Can I stay in SYD another day & expense hotel? Even better, can I fly to Melbourne for a day or two & expense it? Thanks, & I do have an email into expense report people.

2cylinderdriver

go to section 8.C, but here are some relevant sections.

ii. International
(a) A pilot who deviates from international deadhead travel may
expense up to 3 nights of hotel use in lieu of the scheduled
deadhead ticket. The hotel use at an international location shall
be on consecutive days in conjunction with the revenue portion at
the beginning or end of a trip. Hotel use for greater than 3 nights
requires prior approval of the pilot's ACP, or his designee.
(b) A pilot who deviates from international deadhead travel may
expense hotel(s) as part of his deviation travel as follows:
(1) he may expense 1 hotel room as a deviation expense, or
(2) he may expense up to the same number of hotel rooms as in
his scheduled deadhead.
Intent: A pilot scheduled for an intervening layover during a 2
duty period international deadhead may expense an
intervening hotel use enroute to his scheduled destination.

d. Travel claimed as a deviation expense must begin or end within 3 days of
the scheduled assignment to/from which the pilot is deviating (e.g.
scheduled deadhead, trip or R-day) and must proceed to the intended
destination of the deviation with no greater than a 24 hour delay enroute,
domestically, and a 48 hour delay enroute internationally.