I saw the latest JC MYR TDY email where Pilots will be offered "hotel accommodations" and individual rental cars for the MYR TDYs. They should throw in the bonus '-80 TDY grand,' too!!

During training, the Dec and Jan classes were put into hotels during sims. Mostly because half the class went to MIA for sims and EN said they were offering the LAS sim folks hotels out of fairness. Hopefully, now that APDs are qualified to do initial type-rides, ground school and sims will regain some semblance of a 'normal' footprint of about 2 months, or so. Dec and Jan classes had to deal with many training delays because of FAA scheduling, sim mx, and company APD qualifications, so our footprint is looking more like Bigfoot's! The last of the Dec class folks are beginning IOE. Jan is split between sims and IOE now, too.

My 1st assignment off of IOE was TDY to a different FL base than I was originally assigned to Maybe I'll get someone back home to the West from a long, arduous TDY assignment. Guess it's my turn in the barrel, now! My Merlot bids should be simple...just bidding days off here and there.