FDX-Hotel Standbys?
06-01-2015, 09:41 AM
#21
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Originally Posted by FlyBoyd
I don't about the others but the 757 Hotel standbys in open time aren't built like trips. There is one rest period sandwiched by two duty periods. It covers two days and pays the same as two R days. So basically, you are signing up for two R days with the "bonus" of a hotel and per diem.
06-01-2015, 09:55 AM
#22
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Originally Posted by busdriver12
These are on the bus, also. It effectively makes it very difficult to drop or trade off certain days, even if there are just a few trips in open time, and max open shouldn't be a factor. I've only seen these in December before, and it makes adjusting your schedule a challenge. They are particularly crappy deals, as you mentioned, two duty periods for only a day and a half of pay.
Don't you want to sit in a hotel room watching tv while the company provides a driver for you. Maybe you could work some caviar and champagne into the deal
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06-01-2015, 02:18 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by MaxKts
Haven't done R24 in a while but in the past - getting called in to sit in a hotel was just that. Never got called out to fly!
Originally Posted by MaydayMark
I seem to remember them asking if I needed transportation from the hotel to the airport (they seemed ready to provide transportation if I requested it)?
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06-01-2015, 07:52 PM
#24
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Originally Posted by pinseeker
How can you say that? Mayday Mark has been telling us what a great deal these are
Don't you want to sit in a hotel room watching tv while the company provides a driver for you. Maybe you could work some caviar and champagne into the deal.
Don't you want to sit in a hotel room watching tv while the company provides a driver for you. Maybe you could work some caviar and champagne into the deal
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06-02-2015, 11:02 AM
#25
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Originally Posted by TonyC
You can definitely do it without a car, and I would recommend it. You can volunteer to drive yourself, but you'll also be assuming responsibility and liability for anything that happens along the way, and for however long it takes you to get to the hub. I drive to the hotel (I live in domicile), but let The Company arrange the transportation when I'm called to go fly.
06-02-2015, 03:34 PM
#30
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Originally Posted by The Walrus
If you were to get launched, anything past the two days would be draft pay.
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