Originally Posted by
exjmbdrv
Did you ever get an answer? I read the thread twice. Maybe I still missed it. I know there is a $15 ish shuttle, but seems like United would run something...
Originally Posted by
myoface
No real dog in this fight, but every place I have worked at I have been happy to be there, but still tried to make it better. I do that by following the contract and holding the company to their end of the bargain.
Just out of curiosity, it sounds like your newhires are going to the 75/76 in NYC and they have to cover all three airports. What does a commuter do? Are they looking at buying a car to get between the crashpad and any of the three airports? Or is the company responsible for getting you from one to the other? What if you started your trip in one and ended in another?
That is one of the downsides to EWR (and DCA, LAX, SFO) as a base. You are responsible for trips out of all 3 airports your base serves (JFK/LGA/EWR) So, on the 737, A320, or 757/767 you can see trips out of the other airports. (pretty sure JFK has only 757)
If you are on reserve you can get assigned a trip out of any of the airports and you will have to find your own way there. So, you will either need the commuter car or be prepared to risk alot of Benjamins to get around.
There is extra pay for trips that start at either of the NY airports (but not EWR because it is now the "primary" airport) to cover small portion of the costs associated with tolls and what not. Below is the contract ref:
4-D-4 When a Trip originates and terminates at an airport that is not the primary airport of a Pilot’s Base, he shall receive a mileage allowance of twenty-nine cents ($0.29) per mile or the mileage rate found in Company policy, whichever is greater, for the actual performance of the scheduled trip calculated for the round trip driving distance between his Base airport and the airport at which the trip originates and terminates. Further, he shall receive twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour plus per diem set forth in Section 4-A-1, calculated using the applicable time listed in the table directly below. However, the provisions of this Section 4-D-4 shall not apply to Surface Deadhead between LGA/JFK and IAD/DCA.
Airport Pair Travel Time
EWR-LGA 1:30
EWR-JFK 1:30
The NY guys can better explain how that works for them but basically it is $30 plus mileage, so prob around $40ish extra for LGA or JFK trips.
If your trip starts in LGA and ends in EWR (or any other combination of starting and ending) the company will provide you transportation back to the starting airport as part of the trip. (I think you can then actually change to have the transportation on the front end if you would like, but again somebody else will have to weigh in on how that works).