Originally Posted by
buzzpat
I agree. I've always heard that the downtown thing is for the senior international guys. Domestically, I don't think its that big a deal and, in fact, is oftentimes a pain in the ass. See an NYC layover at the dumpy downtown place when you land at JFK at 5:00 PM on a Friday and have 12 hours. Two hours later, you get to the dumpy downtown hotel.
Our best domestic downtown is BOS.
The NYC one is a pain if you're not doing international and don't have 14+ hours. There are a lot of times a short overnight is so preferable to a long one that is far away and sometimes nowhere near anything.
I just say we should be able to pick which downtowns are required and which ones are not.
But the worst to me are the long and short overnight locations in DAY... the same hotel on the short side and used to be on the long side that we complained about when we were lowly regional pilots staying there.
I mean it's one thing to stay at the Truck Stop Super 8 in Kalamazoo when you're flying a 1900D but when you're flying a 150 seater into a city then that city should certainly be large enough to find a decent SAFE location to overnight.