Originally Posted by
Turbosina
So after reading all this I decided to play it super-safe and paid for a ticket to come in the night before my 5-day reserve stint here in lovely IAH. I've tried to APU anything and everything, but haven't succeeded in getting a single pickup to work. And to my amazement -- there are literally no 737 FO IAH trips in open time for today, and only one for tomorrow. I even called CS and begged for a trip, any trip...nothing doing.
You would think that on the busiest travel week of the year, in one of our biggest bases, there'd be OT trips. Does nobody call out sick on holidays, to avoid losing the holiday pay?
So now the questions are:
• What's fun to do in Houston? (is this like asking "what's a nice street to explore in Newark"?)
• Why is the sleep room temperature set at minus seventy Fahrenheit?
• Which airport hotel is least likely to involve a run-in with tweakers in the parking lot?
Ahhhh...Houston.
I’m a history buff. If you are too, go to Galveston for a day and learn about its history, including the hurricane in 1900ish.
I was going to suggest the Battleship Texas, but I see it’s closed for restoration until next year.
san Jacinto battlefield is interesting.
San Antonio is cool if you don’t mind a 4 hour drive. Plenty of time if you’re on long call. I like the river walk and the Alamo.
Thats all I’ve got, those are the places I’ve been when stuck in Houston.