The Golden Touch Shuttle
#21
No. You get company transportation for that. If LGA were the only base, I'd have a crashpad within walking distance of LGA. Same for JFK. Since JFK is 45 minutes to 2 hours from LGA, I have a crashpad in Kew Gardens, which is halfway between.
#22
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you could split it with a buddy.
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I am not aware of mainline hourly shuttles. If they have one I’m not sure why the solution wouldn’t have been to just combine us all. I know jet blue has great transportation for their flight attendants (not sure about pilots) from Kew to jfk and a stipend (ball park of $15) for LGA trips for their pilots. Even more for EWR. Funny thing is Kew is very accessible to JFK via the public bus. Kew to LGA isn’t as easy. Long walk to subway or closer, more expensive LIRR. All to the awful Q70.
#24
An airport car does not work there. Where do you park? Kew crashpads have 30 plus crewmembers. Parking for 30 cars?
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Like was said above, mainline has hourly shuttles.
The solution was more money for a second bus but the lyft account idea RE had was actually cheaper than one bus (never mind both). Then RE found out Lyft doesnt carry insurance and the company would have liability. As you can imagine (or if you're stupid you can't) that killed the Lyft for us. Before any pretend lawyers start up, or before any pilots who yearn for the day when "well it should be such-and-such a way" and anyone listened or cared, know that the company would be liable. The company says so, ny state says so, alpa says so. It is fact.
While the company Endeavor cried and whined about the shuttle costing x number of dollars, the Delta shuttles by golden touch cost 2x(3) (twice as big, 3 times the frequency), or 6x.
Also, we're not mainline, no one cares we should be. We arent. Im saying this for our guys as much as the trolls from mainline that feel like they need to come in and tell us how dumb we are.
The solution was more money for a second bus but the lyft account idea RE had was actually cheaper than one bus (never mind both). Then RE found out Lyft doesnt carry insurance and the company would have liability. As you can imagine (or if you're stupid you can't) that killed the Lyft for us. Before any pretend lawyers start up, or before any pilots who yearn for the day when "well it should be such-and-such a way" and anyone listened or cared, know that the company would be liable. The company says so, ny state says so, alpa says so. It is fact.
While the company Endeavor cried and whined about the shuttle costing x number of dollars, the Delta shuttles by golden touch cost 2x(3) (twice as big, 3 times the frequency), or 6x.
Also, we're not mainline, no one cares we should be. We arent. Im saying this for our guys as much as the trolls from mainline that feel like they need to come in and tell us how dumb we are.
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#27
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I really don’t think it exists... many mainline jumsleaters have gotten off my flight and commented that they’re using kew cab to get to their crashpad or other airport, though.
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$50 per month might get a really cheap car if you split it, but it'd cost at least three times that to find an off-street spot in Kew to park it.
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