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09-13-2011, 06:50 AM
#3451
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Right seat, left seat, right seat, left seat....?
Posts: 122
If you are in uniform IT IS NOT up to the gate agent. You can carry anything and everything you want on the aircraft, subject to available space to put it. If there is no room you can Valet check it or speak with the captain and see if he will let you carry it down to the cargo hold and toss it in yourself.
Gate agents cannot tell you how much you can bring aboard the aircraft when you are in uniform.
This is as long as you are AA/AE and flying on an AA/AE flight. Other airlines may have other policies, but I have never had a problem, ever with carrying 3 or 4 bags.
I had a gate agent tell me I was going to have to check some items once when I was deadheading. Her supervisor overheard her and said, "he can take whatever he wants on the plane and you can't say anything about it."
Now that doesn't mean you should take advantage...100 bags full is overkill. But whatever you need to take with you, then take it with you. No need to ever check a bag.
Gate agents cannot tell you how much you can bring aboard the aircraft when you are in uniform.
This is as long as you are AA/AE and flying on an AA/AE flight. Other airlines may have other policies, but I have never had a problem, ever with carrying 3 or 4 bags.
I had a gate agent tell me I was going to have to check some items once when I was deadheading. Her supervisor overheard her and said, "he can take whatever he wants on the plane and you can't say anything about it."
Now that doesn't mean you should take advantage...100 bags full is overkill. But whatever you need to take with you, then take it with you. No need to ever check a bag.
Well I've been looking for the policy on bags with uniforms since I've been working. The closest thing I can find is what I posted and it appears to apply to everyone, uniform or not. Of course, I hope your right and I'm wrong. Not that I'm going to bring more than four bags....
There's also a command in RES that has a policy as well. Something like "FREE BAGS" or something like that. It might be the same policy that I posted. I haven't seen it because I don't have the full RES code but that's part of it.
I had a few United pilots tell me about their two bag limit and that I would have to gate check the third bag. But that's United.
I had an American gate agent tell me I might have to check my third bag.
It would be nice if there was a clearly defined bag policy on traveling in uniform.
09-13-2011, 09:28 AM
#3455
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: ERJ Right
Posts: 541
There have been a few people that got LAX right out of the gate.
The problem with LAX is, it is a very small and senior base.
The most junior line holder was hired 5 or 6 years ago. Granted that is going to change for the better in the next few years, but it is still a long time to be on reserve potentially having to drive to LAX every day in LA traffic. And just when you think you can hold a line some one senior to you could come along and bump you back down to reserve status.
I'm keeping DFW as my base and living here until I know I can hold a line in LA.
The problem with LAX is, it is a very small and senior base.
The most junior line holder was hired 5 or 6 years ago. Granted that is going to change for the better in the next few years, but it is still a long time to be on reserve potentially having to drive to LAX every day in LA traffic. And just when you think you can hold a line some one senior to you could come along and bump you back down to reserve status.
I'm keeping DFW as my base and living here until I know I can hold a line in LA.
09-13-2011, 10:37 PM
#3456
Line Holder
Joined APC: Nov 2009
Posts: 79
ATP Jet transition course - Jacksonville?
Has anybody completed the ATP jet transition course in Jacksonville? I am looking for a recommendation on a hotel, and is it possoble to get around without renting a car? Anybody else in the Oct 8th class?
09-14-2011, 01:25 AM
#3457
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Joined APC: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,372
09-14-2011, 06:28 AM
#3458
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: 1st year pay for the 3rd time
Posts: 1,434
So last month ATR Miami had 27 hard lines plus a relief and composit. This month only has 25 with the relief being a captain's only and now there's a TDY for 6 FO's?
What am I missing?
What am I missing?
09-14-2011, 07:47 AM
#3459
Line Holder
Joined APC: Nov 2009
Position: CE-525
Posts: 45
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