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Not to sound on NWA too much, but DAL didn't pay rent. However you were directed to several apt. complexes owned by DAL pilots in College Park. No shortage of F/A's there.
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Any insight on nice, safe, no-car-needed crashpads for those of us starting reserve soon?
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Look on Craigslist and AirBNB for more options. With 50 a month through the summer the crash pad pool has shrunk considerably.
I ended up buying a cheap car and found a place about 4 miles from the airport. I had no luck within walking distance (at least for a private room which I wanted for training). Everybody was full and had a waiting list. Hotel prices seems to be going up as well. Supply and demand I guess. Good luck. |
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Delta [or even FedEx for conversation sake] does NOT need to pay for your hotel. There are 11,000 applications on file. If you do not want to pay for a hotel, another 10,999 will, including me. Delta is a premier airline and knows it. We need them more than they need most of us. |
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...and that's what's wrong with the airlines. people like you would take the job for pennies on the dollar just to fly those big jets. you're why its so hard to get pay rates to where they should be.
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I actually would recommend getting a crashpad over a hotel. Find a nice one for $300-$400 with your own room, nice living room to relax in, nice kitchen, and bring your car down. WAY better than being cooped up in a small hotel room and having to take the shuttle.
There are tons of them available if you have a car. If you don't want to bring a car you might find a place within a few blocks of VA. You can walk to the Holiday Inn and take their shuttle to the training center if you do that. If you have the $$$ the Residence is probably the best bet, but it will cost ya. I got ATL88 in training so I found me a nice crashpad for training and kept it until I bid out of ATL. $250 a month and had my own room. Walked over to the old Comfort Inn for a ride to the training center or airport. Just takes a lot of stress out of your life when you are new. I'd much rather pay for a place to stay during sim training than have to cough up a 737 type, have no benefits for 6 months, or get paid what JetBlue pays during training. |
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We have more work to do WRT the profession in general and our particular pay/contract as well. But its completely irrelevant to think DL shouldn't be able to fill classes because new hires refuse the job because of the hotel issue. And it certainly doesn't make anyone a patsy for taking the job. Yeah, no thanks on the offer, I'm holding out for a few hundred extra in front end benefits and until I get it I'm passing on the 4-5M dollar career. Yeah right. FWIW I'd like to see the company voluntarily pay for full footprint hotels, and if not then I'd like to see it in the next contract. |
Realize this thread hasn't been active in a little while, but thought I'd let anyone who's interested know that I have a room available in East Atlanta to rent while in sim training. I'm a fellow DAL employee (I work in the G.O.) and happy to have pilots-in-training stay at my house. I travel both for work and pleasure so you'll have a quiet, study-friendly environment. East Atlanta is about a 20 minute drive to the airport so you'll have to have your own transportation. Send me a PM if you're interested.
There's a large kitchen, large yard/deck, air conditioning, washer/dryer and wi-fi available. Asking $650/month with everything included. |
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Any pointers for current DAL and/or crew-rate rooms at ATL hotels...? I'll be riding the commuter reserve train for a few months at least, need to know where to look for the best deal....
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Go to mycrewguide.com, click on the commuter link, then Atlanta and you'll find a list of airport hotels and their crew rate. Be advised lots of hotels have raised their prices since the hiring wave started. Supply and demand.
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General Offices... Our headquarters where the Training Center is.
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Check crashpads.com. I stayed at a house owned by Ralph Austin in Jonesboro, which is about 22 minutes south of the training center. It was a room in the basement with private entrance and kitchen plus living room for about $325. If you have a car, it's a great quiet place to stay in a nice neighborhood.
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Airbnb Tracy and Forrest between $35-$50 a night to rent a room or you can find friends and rent a whole house. I used them and my hotel points for my stay
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My guess is I'm going to be last in my class which will likely mean an MD-88 to NYC or ATL which I'm really hoping will be ATL by the time I finish training. I assume I'll need a crashpad for a month of training and a few months on reserve (3-6?). Since I'll be double dipping while on terminal leave I don't need to stay in the cheapest place on planet and would prefer something with off-street parking, a private room with a quality mattress, a short drive to the airport, and hella-fast internets. That said, I also can't afford the Hilton across the street from the training center either :). |
MikeF16 - There are only three listings for ATL on crashpads.com, but the one I stayed at is the second one on that list...the one in Jonesboro. It sounds like that would work well for you. It's in a nice neighborhood and has a community pool, gym, and tennis courts. The gym is very small and not great, but it's better than nothing. When I rented a room from him, I was the only one there and had the whole basement to myself. It was a nice place to stay for training.
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I stayed my first night in base last week (before I'd seen your post) at the Quality Inn Conference Center (on Phoenix). UTTER DUMP, do not recommend. New problem I ran into today for my second night here: no one at the desk seems to have a clue about crew rates! After getting nowhere on the phone with four different properties (standard: "Sure, we have a crew rate! $137!," with the hotel's own website listing for $120), I reserved a room on points and took the shuttle to the Holiday Inn North. Asked at the desk, crew room available, $65 bucks. Cancelled other reservation. Question: is there some magic phrasing I'm failing to use?? |
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i was surprised about not having paid lodging during training too and i know its been fought about for years. even the regionals spring for hotels during training. seems like the attitude is "I didn't get paid lodging so the new guys shouldn't either"
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Try NU travel under hotels through the delta perks.
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