What's the Latest at ASA/Expressjet?
08-05-2012 | 07:27 AM
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08-05-2012 | 07:02 PM
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ATL-IAD isn't easy either. AirTran pulled out, there are only 4 UAX flight/day and one or more usually cxl. Several DAL flights... summer/holidays are very full, the off-season might not be too bad, but there are already a lot of EV pilots commuting and there will be double that after this bid. 80% of pilots in IAD commute so a lot of the senior ones want the late starts, don't count on those. Also hotels in IAD are insanely expensive compared to ATL and DTW. (ATL-DTW commute is MUCH worse, but hotels are cheaper 
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08-06-2012 | 04:20 AM
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After hearing how hard it is to commute everywhere else I'm actually starting to think my ATL-EWR commute isn't that bad...
08-06-2012 | 04:38 AM
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Wow. DTW FO just exploded last night. People! the commute will be insane! Don't do it!
That being said, I got a call from scheduling yesterday asking me if I wanted to work today. Yesterday was a soft day and so is today, followed by 3 days of GDO until Thursday. ***? it seemed like we have plenty of reserve coverage today in ATL 200 FO position
That being said, I got a call from scheduling yesterday asking me if I wanted to work today. Yesterday was a soft day and so is today, followed by 3 days of GDO until Thursday. ***? it seemed like we have plenty of reserve coverage today in ATL 200 FO position
08-06-2012 | 05:26 AM
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Yea. DTW isn't looking good anymore... I'm thinking a few more people are holding back as well. Reserve in ATL is way better than DTW. Atleast in ATL we have a big crew lounge. DTW crew lounge is just bad.
08-06-2012 | 06:14 AM
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Speaking of which, I wonder if they are looking into getting a bigger lounge because of the increase in size of our DTW base. But then again, the bigger space would cost more... which probably means they are not looking into getting a bigger space for us.
08-06-2012 | 07:10 AM
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ATL-IAD isn't that bad of a commute at all, even with Air Tran pulling out. Worst case scenario you go to DCA (which I've only done once due to a cancelled flight) and hop over to IAD via the metro and Washington flyer bus. $6-7, cheap stuff. Good deals on hotels can be had too. I'd say on average if I get a hotel, the price out the door is around $65 or so.
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