Originally Posted by
Senior Skipper
Its called a crash pad.
Enlighten my darkness. If you don't live where you're based, you have to rent an apartment at your base?
Tell me I'm wrong!?!
If you are on reserve, yup. If you have a line, depending on how commutable it is (late starts, early finishes), you may not need anything, get by with a hotel room or two, or have to have a crash pad. Again, welcome to the industry. There is a reason it is called a "base." The company wants to have a lot of pilots there without paying for hotel rooms.