Crashpads
04-20-2023 | 09:50 AM
#11
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Details are lacking, but;
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^^^^^^^^^ THIS
Just depends on what his personal needs/wants were, as well as the financial and whatever personal ROI he was getting out of it.
Just depends on what his personal needs/wants were, as well as the financial and whatever personal ROI he was getting out of it.
04-20-2023 | 10:01 AM
#12
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From: cpt 737
What about purchasing a house/condo in base and then using that as your crash pad or even renting part of it out to other pilots or people when not there? I understand just getting a hotel every time, but I also don’t want to deal with the hassle of when rooms are booked out or rates for the night go up all the time. Though I would definitely do a hotel over me renting a crash pad, but what if you’re the owner or you have a place in base?
04-20-2023 | 08:10 PM
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From: A320 CA
Are we all just helping some "blogger" here do an expose on airline crashpads that can be used against us next time there's an incident involving a commuting pilot? First posters asking questions like this are usually never "here to help."
04-20-2023 | 08:33 PM
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story’s already been filmed and put on TV. If he’s doing that he’s too lazy to search. “Flying Cheap”, documentary from a while back.
04-21-2023 | 08:03 AM
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Yeah same story for me, I was just too old to want to share a pad with other people and the nicer ones with your own bed ranged close to $1000. For me it made more sense to just rent hotel rooms when I needed them, usually being used on reserve anyway. You figure in LAS for example, you can get a crew rate near the airport for $80 out the door. That means I would need to require a bed more than 9 times in a month, to make a pad a better value. I never once had the need for more than a few hotel rooms. Obviously the city and airline matter here so take it with a grain of salt.
04-21-2023 | 12:45 PM
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04-22-2023 | 06:03 AM
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From: 7ER B...whatever that means.
What about purchasing a house/condo in base and then using that as your crash pad or even renting part of it out to other pilots or people when not there? I understand just getting a hotel every time, but I also don’t want to deal with the hassle of when rooms are booked out or rates for the night go up all the time. Though I would definitely do a hotel over me renting a crash pad, but what if you’re the owner or you have a place in base?
04-22-2023 | 10:16 AM
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Was very close to doing this when I commuted and was being used little on reserve. I looked at a couple of 4-8 unit apartment buildings where i would take the least desirable 1BR or studio apartment as my crashpad and rent the rest out. The buildings I looked at were already occupied but in need of some TLC. The plan was to renovate/upgrade as older tenants moved out and then sell a few years down the line. Seemed like a good use of otherwise wasted time and an opportunity to dabble in commercial real estate. Once I was a line holder, I had less and less "dead" time in base and eventually lost interest/couldn't square the time commitment. But for the right person, I could see it being a good opportunity.
04-22-2023 | 04:08 PM
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From: 7ER B...whatever that means.
It was and it wasn't. As reserve usage increased it just made less and less sense. When I was spending months and months of 3-4 days a week in base with little to do, it seemed like a no brainer. But as that became more like 1-2 days a week (if that), it made less and less sense. And I definitely wasn't going to commute in and spend my days off away from home to work on/babysit the building. Like I said, it made less and less sense as circumstances changed for me. Ymmv.
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