Doc1010

I'm curious if anyone has any input on junior lines out of DAY in regards to pairings, hours credited, etc... Are junior line holders getting 2-day trips sparsely trickled over the bidding period, or is it longer pairings? Again, I'm new to 121 so I'm just kinda curious how junior lines fall out there. Also, are juniors able to block greater than 75 hours? Thanks for any input!

CLT Guy

There are only a couple DAY FO lines that have less than 80 hours, so yes. You can certainly block more than 75 hours.

CLT Guy

I just heard today that the interview written exam has changed, and the online gouges are really not valid anymore.

badtransam97

Guess I'll have to regroup lol! Been looking at every gouge I could find online! Maybe some of the recent interviewees will chime in

WNYflyer

Question for those at, or those that have been to CVG for sims. What is there close by for resturants? It looks like there's a subway across the street, pretty sparce compared to our options at the Fairfield in Dayton.

Lovemywife

If your at Holiday Inn you need a car bad! There is a nice convenient store with Subway & burgers but that's it. Nothing else closer than 2 miles. Not sure about hotel transportation.

CRJail

Don't eat at the burger place. A few people reported food poisoning from there.

Van will take you to an outdoor mall that has Panera and a few other restaurants.

Also, hotel has a reasonable lunch buffet on weekdays for an affordable price

UnderPar

Two exits or so down is "Florence Y'all". There is a huge LA Fitness, a Meijer, and quite a few resaurants. If driving to CVG is feasible, I recommend it, esp if you have late night sims..

CLT Guy

Having a car in CVG is great. I would recommend driving if you are able to. It is only a couple of weeks, but there really is nothing around the hotel. It isn't like Dayton, where there were restaurants everywhere and the van driver would take you where you want to go. I wish I had my car there. It sucked waiting for the van for 30 minutes on each side of the sim session.

The hotel restaurant is moderately expensive but they do give you a discount with your ID.

Hints for CVG:
- There is a "crew lounge" in the hotel. It is a great place to meet up and study.
- If you like bagels, free breakfast at flight safety each day.
- If you ask, the hotel will give you a refrigerator and a microwave. If they run out, ask for free breakfast passes instead. They will give them to you if they don't have a refrigerator (not sure if it is in the contract, but it seems to be)

FirstClass

There is a frige and microwave in the crew lounge as well if you want to store some stuff there. Of course flight safety has a frige and microwave too if you want to store stuff overnight etc..

The hotel has a washer/dryer. There is a quickie mart style gas station across the street where subway and raleighs is. It's no walmart but you can get some toiletries there if needed.

Also, bring a bathing suit, the pool and hot tub are very nice. There is a workout room too that is bigger than Dayton's but mostly bikes.

As already mentioned, having a car would be a nice luxury but not absolutely required. One thing about sims, there is not much down time. Two hour pre-brief, one hour post-brief, then getting there early for FMS and paper tiger extra study.