Originally Posted by
symbian simian
After 1 hour at most, I would give my CC to the FO and tell him to call the short layover hotel to get us a room, while I am on hold with CS. If he gets done before they pick up, I hang up and go to the hotel. Even if they refuse to refund me, I will be a much happier person in the hotel $150 down for both of us.
I think SPA ALPA’s position is you have to stay at the airport until you time out or make contact with crew scheduling, and if you go to a hotel a fatigue report is due.
So begs the question: let’s say you fly one short leg from say ORD to MCI and discover your next leg from MCI to LAX is cancelled but no change to your schedule and no way to contact scheduling and get VM with the CPO. You’ve only been on duty 2 hours and let’s say you are good for 12 more and are well rested from the night prior. At what point do you decide you aren’t going to wait on hold any longer and then what point do you decide to get your own hotel? Remember you have no changes on your schedule and haven’t been able to reach scheduling for a change or even a SIT code. You also have 12 more hours of usable duty.
Now if I’m at the scheduled layover and there is no hotel yes I’m just going to handle it myself. Also if I’m there in MCI and my schedule is blank after that I’m probably going to a hotel after a “reasonable” amount of time. I probably won’t wait on hold, I’ll probably wait for them to call me.