Originally Posted by
TrojanCMH
Agreed. Last time I had to book my own room was in FLL and had to Uber to get to a hotel 40 minutes away. Company reimbursed everything. Don’t just limit your search to airport hotels with a shuttle as those are first to fill up. Also when trying to contact scheduling email is best.
As soon as they start saying things like “we’re not sure where you’re going right now” and “we are working through the list of affected crew members” I’m out.
This and others are correct. By the time it sank in that the company was going to do nothing and the search by myself began in earnest the hotels made no sense with getting back to get on a flight to some place sane.
Lessons learned. Don't trust that other departments will do what they are getting paid to do. Better CRM so the captain can actually see the problem. Don't assume they can do math with time. Personal minimums on giving the company time for a plan. Make $200-$300k. All good things.