BA Strike - Your Thoughts & Questions IV

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StudentInDebt - Thanks, you are correct of course. I was trying to keep it as simple as possible - I'm familiar with the situation from my charter days, where positioning pre/post flight was the norm - It's all coming back to me now!

Richard228 - Normally, the report would have to be at home base. The crew need to assemble, possibly brief, and standbys to be called out for no-shows. Should an inbound aircraft divert, then the crew would be all together for transport to somewhere else.

That said, exceptions can be made on an ad-hoc basis, usually with prior agreement from the crewing department, and if the individual is known and trusted, but officially... No