Now I'm getting confused!
if we report at base to be driven to another airport for our flight, our Flight duty still starts one hour before dep although our max duty period for the day is based on report time at base.
FDP commences AT report time wherever. In that case at base. The pos does not count as a sector but it 'uses up' the FDP.
"When a crew member is required to report for duty inadvance of the stipulated report time for a scheduled
flight, to carry out a task at the behest of the company,
then the time spent on that task shall be part of the
subsequent FDP."
"All time spent on positioning at the behest of the company
shall count as duty, but positioning does not count as a
sector when calculating the FDP. In these circumstances
the FDP commences not later than the time at which the
crew member reports for the positioning journey, or
positions."
That is JAROPS - or did I misread your post?