Originally Posted by Jetjok

I disagree. This type of thing goes on each and every Christmas and New Years. A number of years ago I was operating as an Airbus F/O. It was Christmas eve and we were scheduled to fly from Memphis up to IAD, then layover for two days and fly back. The Captain, along with his wife, who was a US Airways pilot, riding our jumpseat, were going to go to the National Cathedral for Christmas Mass, while I was going to jumpseat home for the holiday. Upon our block in at the ramp at IAD, the ramp agent came up and told us we weren't laying over, but had to operate back to Memphis. Needless to say, the Captain was beside himself, but when we landed in Memphis, at about 11 P.M., he and his wife went back to their home. I, on the other hand was now in a place I'd not planned on, so I went to the desk and asked for a sleep room. I was told "NO", but after I talked with the Duty Officer, a room was provided, and the next morning I jumped home.



A suggestion to management might be to allow guys to use the sleep rooms, on these particular nights, for no reason at all, except the fact that they're there. This doesn't have to be a precedent, just a nice humanitarian gesture, on the part of management, for guys doing the company's business, while away from home on these holidays. This is a wheel that doesn't need to be reinvented each and every year.