Hotel Desk Issues during IROPS
02-01-2020, 09:15 AM
#21
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This is what the ALPA rep told me is the reason we are going downtown IAH and ORD for 13.5 hr layovers, spending 90 minutes in rush hour traffic. Great logic......
02-01-2020, 10:12 AM
#22
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Unfortunately, and given our past history under the RLA, it is.
Having flown for a major 121 carrier that did not have "downtown" layovers, I'll take the occasional inconvenience to keep the other decent layovers. Staying at the airport on every layover gets old real fast.
All that said, we were all surveyed a while back in preperation for contract negotiations. If folks didn't complain about this issue in numbers back then, it's probably not at the forefront for the next contract.
There's always room for improvement, but we need to keep abreast of the big picture and the likely unintended consequences of quick solutions.
And besides, ORD is already a "14-Hour Rule Exemption" layover.
Having flown for a major 121 carrier that did not have "downtown" layovers, I'll take the occasional inconvenience to keep the other decent layovers. Staying at the airport on every layover gets old real fast.
All that said, we were all surveyed a while back in preperation for contract negotiations. If folks didn't complain about this issue in numbers back then, it's probably not at the forefront for the next contract.
There's always room for improvement, but we need to keep abreast of the big picture and the likely unintended consequences of quick solutions.
And besides, ORD is already a "14-Hour Rule Exemption" layover.
02-01-2020, 10:18 AM
#23
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its supposed to run every 15. There’s been several times after an all nighter that it hasn’t. There’s been a couple times the front desk could not reach a van driver and suggested an alternative.
02-01-2020, 12:08 PM
#24
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I think it happens quite often but most pilots just take tolerate it.
02-01-2020, 12:52 PM
#25
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Next day he held out his two cell phones and said I should of called. I went to my recently dialed screen and dialed and his phone rang. Oops.
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02-01-2020, 04:04 PM
#26
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02-01-2020, 04:29 PM
#27
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I have expensed more than one Uber to Manhattan....Uber black...$120ish plus tip. If it Happens enough the van will stop being late. I don’t call....that’s the companies job. I expense my uniforms and laundry at hotels when contractually allowed. These guys that drag their crap down the street in Denver crack me up....just drop it at the front desk when you go home for the weekend and it’s waiting for you when you get back. Easy peasy
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