WHEN DEADHEADING TO SERVICE:

When the deadheading comes first, the Agreement requires the Carrier to notify employees when called that service and deadheading are combined for pay purposes. Remember that it is not enough for the Carrier to simply say that the crew will be returning on continuous time. "Continuous time" and "combined service" are two completely different terms. "Continuous time" simply means that the crew is not being tied up for rest at the terminal, and has nothing to do with pay. In order to combine service and deadheading for pay purposes, the crew must be told to do so when they are called. Otherwise, service and deadheading cannot be combined for pay purposes, regardless of whether the crew is used on continuous time. When service and deadheading are properly combined, then pay is on a continuous time or miles basis. If not properly instructed to combine service and deadheading, then pay for the deadheading is separate and apart from service (minimum basic day for pre-'85 employees and actual time on a minute basis for post-'85 employees), regardless of whether the crew is tied up for rest or returns on continuous time.

If the Carrier properly instructs a crew to combine deadheading into the away-from-home terminal with subsequent service out of that terminal, then available crews at the terminal may be runaround without penalty. If the on-duty crew is not properly instructed to combine deadheading and service for pay purposes, then available crews at the terminal may not be runaround. In order to legally run around available crews at the away-from-home terminal, an on-duty crew must be called and paid for deadhead and service combined.

WHEN DEADHEADING FROM SERVICE:

When the service portion of the trip comes first, the crew may be instructed to combine service with subsequent deadheading at any time before the working portion of the trip ends. Again, "continuous time" has nothing to do with pay. When properly instructed to combine service and deadheading, the payment is on a continuous time or miles basis. If not properly instructed to combine service with subsequent deadheading, then payment for the deadheading is separate and apart from the working trip, as described above.

COMBINED MILES? OR COMBINED HOURS?

There has been some confusion over the question of whether combined service and deadheading is payable on a mileage basis or a time basis. The easiest way to resolve this question is by identifying the assignment the employee is deadheading to or from. If the assignment is one that is paid on a daily basis without a mileage component (i.e., an assignment that qualifies for holiday pay), then deadheading combined with service is always payable on a time basis regardless of the mileage of the deadhead. In these cases, overtime commences after eight hours, regardless of the miles of the combined service and deadhead. If the assignment deadheaded to or from is one that does have a mileage component (i.e., it does not qualify for holiday pay), then deadheading combined with service is always payable on a mileage basis. In these instances, the combined mileage of the service and deadhead must be considered in determining when overtime begins.