airline training
 

i have been reading some of the airline training programs and have noticed that several state they put you up in a hotel (that is cool)...but i have noticed that several state hotel with DOUBLE OCCUPANCY.....

YGBSM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what am in college or even worse....on spring break (days of sharing a room are OVER!!!) ?????????????

is this an isolated case or the standard??

thoughts?

That would really bite! :eek: When I was going through initial for my 135 job they put us two to a two bedroom suite with a full kitchen, but was still less than optimal. I like to spread out on a work table to study, and unless I'm working specifically with a sim partner I prefer to study alone.

I'll check with my 135 initial roomie... he just finished initial with SKW. I'll see what they did for him.

Standard boys.......................:)

Yup, its gonna happen no matter what regional you go to.

it varies at pinnacle. you could get single or double occup till you pass checkride, luck of the draw i guess, then they have to give you a hotel. and that is the last time you have to stay double. During recurrent, upgrade, or other training they have to give you a room to yourself

Single occupancy all the way through at AWAC.......

Just tell them the truth, that you are a straight as a U turn. You'll get your own room :eek: kidding kidding

When I went through training, I quickly realized that our company was so backlogged on anything related to the people in training... I just asked for my own room at the front desk, I got it. Shortly after, we all had our own rooms.

Ask and you shall receive.

Not MESABA!

hell i would rather foot the bill for my own room than have to put up with dual occupancy....

which actually might not be a bad idea........hmmmmmmmm

what if its a she? :rolleyes:

I heard some regionals are pairing FA's and FO's together to work on crew cordination.

Those late night CRM sessions were quite helpful during training :cool:

Clears your mind right up!!! However, it's rough pushing the rudder pedals the next day. ;)

Chill out man at least it is not Pay For Training anymore.

Comair puts you up in a hotel with your own room 250 a week plus per diem they also have the Launch program which puts you into the sims your first week for familiarization

Pinnacle puts you up in dual occupancy in a slum hotel from what my buddies tell me, they pay 200 per week no perdiem

Thats all i know off hand

Hotel: 1 person
Pay while training: $427.68 /week
Best overall regional job: MESABA
Knowing you made the
right decision: Priceless

Pinnacle dropped the ball when it came to hotel accommodations while I was there. We had a ghetto Holiday Inn. My truck was broken into twice. First time they stole some CDs, porno mags my map book. Second time they made off with my in dash dvd/gps.

Are you joking or serious?

Comair is single occupancy.

He has to be joking.

3 year a/c lock and seeing JR FO's upgrade on the RJ in front of you: :confused:

Future: :confused: "Pawn"

I have a few friends at Mesaba; they liked it there before the NWA turmoil. Now that the future is starting to take shape they are frustrated and excited at the same time.

Mesaba used to be one of my top four, times have changed. I hope the future turns out to be bright, but only time will tell and time only.

Cape Air gave us a single room. They also paid the flight to/from and lodging for the interview. Nice.

man you keep saying this enough you might actually believe it!!!

Yea, I second that. The airlines are experts at bad accommodations.

Interesting: where do you get your facts or on what do you base your assumptions? :confused:

I stand corrected.;)

I did. I couldn't sleep it was terrible. It was worth the money. I went home on weekends and got a severly discounted rate on the hotel. So it worked well.

If you get a rewards card with the hotel you're staying at you'll probably get about 1/5 of your nights free of charge if it came down to it.

But yeah, it's BS. TSA still doesn't pay for any hotels during training.

At Delta, except for the orientation (2 days) you are on your own - find your own hotel or crash pad - so be thankful some airlines will pay for a room for a new hire. Welcome to the wonderful world of new hires!!!

HAHA ok Pinnacle's pretty nice too!!

Which part?

Actually you are completely wrong! :p

Educate me. What are Mesaba's seat and a/c locks for both transition and upgrade?

man we are all red tails, all i can say to people is welcome to the family!!

Single occupancy is one of the things I was excited about when I interviewed at Mesaba. I can have my wife and kid fly up to YUL to visit while I'm in training

36 months for initial hire equipment lock UNLESS you have opportunity to upgrade. There is no seat (status) lock for new hires, just the 1000 hours with company to upgrade.

If you lateral (when you are able) to another equipment, you are then seat (status) locked for 24 months.

I can assure you that there are no cases of "junior" F/O's upgrading on the CRJ.

At SkyWest it's its a double room but can request your own room and you will have to foot half the bill. JetJock - did you get your own room when you went in for transition to CRJ or did you get a double?

Are you joking? You have someone else to study with. It isn't that big of a deal. I was forced to live in a dorm with two very different college roomates. One was a very loud "screamin Korean" who always ran around naked and the other was such a bible beater he is an evangalist in africa. Believe it or not the second one and I were good buds. We had a nice system. I'd go to the bars and do bad things. He'd pick me up, drive me home, and lecture me about them. Never got a ticket!

My freshman year of college...first semester in the dorms my suite comprised of:

A morman, A koran who barely spoke English, A Jamaican, a wrestler who didn't want to go there but got a scholarship, and an air force ROTC guy....and me.

Talk about the biggest mix / thrown together, weird combination.

Of course the morman was my roommate, and im quite the opposite....smoke cigs, drink, stay out late, blah blah blah

Edit: Forgot to post on the original subject. Sharing a room isn't terrible. Just be courteous, and try to get along! Or ya can get your own room.

I called the hotel that SKW is putting me in and they said it was rare that people were assigned two to a room even though SKW says its double occupancy. Who knows... I plan on paying the difference for my own room if I have to. I'm not in college anymore.

During transition and upgrade you get a private room, 70 hours pay and per diem for the entire month; which includes all off days and weekends. Nothing like being home 12-14 days with per diem. Basically, I'm making about $350 per month more than when I was on line.