Originally Posted by
GrumpyCaptain
I enjoy taking a 4:30am van for a 5:15 show. Who doesn’t want to show up 15 minutes early for a 12 hour duty day? Don’t show up at 4:30 it left at 4:22. Unless you tried the 5am van, that one will leave about 5:10 to make you feel nice and rushed in a dark cockpit.
Cap it off with a 30 minute wait at the end of the day, angry angry taxi cab ride and a reimbursement. Call it the new normal short stay routine....
Isnt this the truth. Cabs love it when you hop in and say "take me to the hotel around the corner." I mean, not that I care, you're a cab driver, you drive, but always an issue. I had one try and refuse and I had to mention that I would be forced to report him to the airport for refusing a fare..he took us. But I agree, not something anyone wants to deal with after a 12 hour day.
And if any shuttle runs on the 30s, thats a straight walk to the cab stand for me from the terminal. Company wants this, this is what they get.