DAL 7ER out of JFK...
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Never been trained at Delta, but I bet there will be a lot of info available during training. Typically fliers at the training center and in the crew rooms.
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I want to expand on what Tom said. Short call is generally accepted to be 2 hours. But, it is not defined in the contract. I believe the wording in the contract is promptly available. So in NYC, depending on the time of day, the schedulers recognize that traffic may mean it takes you three hours. Do you live in the NYC area? If not, pretty much all the standard crash pad areas will have you to the airport in 2 hours.
No, I am not from the NY area. Planning on crashpadding without a car
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There are a few fliers on the bulletin boards. The ALPA online message boards are also good. If you know anyone at JetBlue, they're also a good source.
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You will probably get a crashpad in Kew Gardens and yes, you can get around without a car. I actually prefered the trains. The only problem with the bus, the Q10 I think, is during off peak hours, you might wait upwards of one hour. From like 5am to 10 am, however, the Q10 runs every 15 minutes or so. They taper off until rush hour with maybe two per hour, and back up to peak schedule for rush hour.
Tom,
So there are trains AND buses to get to JFK from Kew Gardens?
Thanks a lot
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Kew gardens is where most of the crash pads I have heard about are located. Some of the 88 guys flying the shuttle have crash pads walking distance from the Marine Air Terminal, but that does not apply to guys on the ER.
#57
718-330-1234 is the MTA. Tell them where you are and where you want to go and they will assemble your route.
http://www.hopstop.com/ is a website to do the same. Like most map web sites, you have to know the departure address and you can put in JFK or LGA. I hope this helps. Let me know.
Tom
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The MTA bus (Q10) goes from term. 4 JFK to Kew Gardens. If you buy a Metrocard it's $10 for 12 trips. They have an express service called the limited that will get you to JFK in 20-25 min, regular service 35-45 min. I have used the bus as early as 0500 and as late as 2330 and have never waited more than 10 min.
On short call the "readily available" clause can mean different times for different places and weather. There are guys sitting call in the Philly area and have no problems. Add snow etc. and everything changes.
ps. Terminal 4 at JFK is next to Delta's terminal (if can call it that).
#59
I'm also a a NYC ER guy and I'll add this. I'm a January 01 hire and can't hold a line yet. I might hold one in Dcember, I'm right on the bubble. However; I've been in this category for 6 months now and have been to my crash pad 3 times. That's mainly because we were so short of people during the summer that you were flying all the time and got your trips assigned to you the day before your reserve started. Now that things are slowing down and they are getting some bodies up here, that is obviously changing. Hard to tell what next busy season will bring. Lots of new destinations. Will we be adequately staffed? I wish I knew.
Also, to correct an earlier post. If you get short call, you don't have to come up the night before. Scheduling starts all of our short calls at 1300L. Makes since since all of our report times (except one) are afternoon, say from 1530 ish on. So as long as you can get there by 1300 (and really by 1500 because you can commute in for the first two hours of your short call per the contract) you are good.
Finally, a previous poster was right, guys love the category, but they hate commuting to reserve especially in NYC. So what you find is that every time you start getting close to a line, a new AE comes out and a bunch of guys senior to you bid into the category because now they can hold a line. So what you see is a big differece up there in seniority between line holder and reserve.
Of course the new AE that's out with the all the new categories will shake things up but your guess is as good as mine as to how it will pan out.
Also, to correct an earlier post. If you get short call, you don't have to come up the night before. Scheduling starts all of our short calls at 1300L. Makes since since all of our report times (except one) are afternoon, say from 1530 ish on. So as long as you can get there by 1300 (and really by 1500 because you can commute in for the first two hours of your short call per the contract) you are good.
Finally, a previous poster was right, guys love the category, but they hate commuting to reserve especially in NYC. So what you find is that every time you start getting close to a line, a new AE comes out and a bunch of guys senior to you bid into the category because now they can hold a line. So what you see is a big differece up there in seniority between line holder and reserve.
Of course the new AE that's out with the all the new categories will shake things up but your guess is as good as mine as to how it will pan out.
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I got a kick out your avatar Gretzsky. I was in Kazakstan last week and we kept asking the locals where we can find, "sexy time"..ha ha ha.
Hope the staffing problems get ironed out before the traditional Flu season.
Ok, sorry to interupt..I'll head back to delivering rubber poo poo to Hong Kong.
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Hope the staffing problems get ironed out before the traditional Flu season.
Ok, sorry to interupt..I'll head back to delivering rubber poo poo to Hong Kong.
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high fighee...
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