Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
Beleive deadheading is travel from their base assignmenet to their flight assignment. Also, repositioning travel for company reasons. Travel to/from the base where they live is personal travel.
Given how the schedules and frequencies have been cut so much but minimum service has been maintained, there appears to be a lot more deadheading these days.
I would love to know how common it actually is, though.