New hire hotel
 

What’s the case with new hire hotels? I hear Indic is paid for but the rest isn’t? Any reason? Any suggestions on best place to stay?

Hotel is paid for during two weeks of Indoc. You cover your own lodging during the approx 4 weeks of aircraft initial Qual training.

Reason? It’s always been that way because 1) the pilot union doesn’t fight to get it added to the contract, because it doesn’t effect the other 99.69% of pilots, and 2) the company doesn’t feel like it’s preventing them from getting high caliber folks to apply, so why spend the money if they don’t have to.

Where to stay? Hotel or crashpad...depends on how much you can afford. If you don’t bring a car, highly recommend your hotel has shuttle service...the Virginia Ave area is not the safest place to be after dark.

Its because its old.

Makes sense, just inconvenient for me! :D

Wonder why they are doing the 88/90 at all.

#maddoglivesmatter

Almost all correct. In the old days, the pilot paid for all lodging including indoctrination. This should have been corrected the last contract. It was in TA1 and dropped out of the talks at the end to be addressed at later time. I believe it will be fixed this contract.

Thanks for the correction!

I would love for it to be fixed this contract for the sake of our new hires, but I don't think it makes the short list of things the MEC is looking to get....hope I'm wrong!

I hope it is fixed this contract...but it should never have to be in the contract to begin with. Mgmt could (and should!) provide new hire hotels for the duration of training, effective this second. They choose not to.

I agree with you on principle alone. But you better believe that they will expect ALPA to pay for it as a piece of the negotiating pie. And if that's the case, then I don't have much stomach for it.