Originally Posted by
Tranquility
Gonna have to disagree with you there, Lobaeux. I respect your posts, don't get me wrong, but what you just said about downtown overnights is just plain ignorant. This being your first 121 gig, you don't know any different. You do not, let me repeat, YOU DO NOT want a 16+ hour overnight at the airport! After dealing with 17, 18, 19+ hour overnights at airport hotels with little to no transportation options to do something (without spending an arm & leg), having downtown overnights must stay in our contract imho. Now, the definition of 'downtown' and the length of overnight required to stay at said hotel, should be open to negotiation. However, if we completely gut our long stay overnight language would be foolish. (Lessons learned from the regionals....)
No, you're totally right, I don't want to get rid of downtown airports or totally gut our overnight language, but there needs to be some sort of flexibility. How? I don't know, but driving the 45 minutes to Addison is a little ridiculous, especially if your delayed. I don't want to spend my time at the airport true, but we can adjust what "downtown" means.
Again, I have to ask: what does first 121 airline mean and why does everyone keep saying that? In regards to hotels, they're scheduled and set up for us here, transportation is set up, this is extremely easy. I've had jobs where I've had to get my own hotel reservations and transportation.
As far as staying at airports, I've done that too and I don't mean in a hotel, I mean at the airport on the ramp or in the back of the plane for 18, 24 or 48 hours at a time.