Agreed. The best is the free samples you get at the end of the tour.

 

Question about customs in general: If you're just doing a turn and you're not even getting off the airplane, or just switching to a different plane in SJU, do you still need to clear customs??

 

you go through customs after every flight aside from the st croix, st thomas, and maintenance flights. Turns in san juan are usually scheduled for an hour so its usually just enough time to go to customs and get back to the plane. also very rarely do you keep the same plane throughout the day.

 

WOW what a HUGE pain...I didn't know that. I hate clearing Customs. I'd rather work for Go jets

 

And THAT says a LOT!! LoL I think my hand would fall off filling out all those dec's...maybe you can figure out a system of mass-producing them (with your information conveniently pre-filled), perhaps?!

 

I know, lol. Lets see...I have jeps, logbook, headset, badge, ramen noodles, clothes, and condoms.

 

Speaking of those unmentionables LoL - I have no place to slip them in discreetly in my new "Purdy Neat Stealth NG" bag...not to purdy neat if you ask me haha...My TravelPro (though a piece of junk) at least had tons of little pockets inside ;-)

Oh well - until I become a moonlighting-seamstress and figure out something smarter, I'll just keep 'em under the base lining hehe...

BTW - how do you cook ramen in the hotels?!?

 

Killer51883. I also don't know how it turned into a racial post. I asked to get back on topic a couple of posts above and instead talk about what flying with Eagle out of SJU was as well as the layovers. I've tried to be as humane and realistic while describing "my own" experience while being there.

Again I will direct anyone to read any of my long posts on this thread to get "my" personal experience while I flew down there from 1995-2004. Again I'll be honest with you, I'm already going on 3+years while flying the majors and can tell you that I miss it a lot !!! But it is a closed chapter in my logbook and now I get to fly a Boeing all over the country experiencing flow controls, ground stops, de-ice, holding, CAT 3 apps and all the "fun" I never got while in the good ole Caribbean. From drinking a tropical drink in a great Caribbean Island watching the waterbreak I went to "run like hell" to the hotel van before your eyes freeze !!!! LOL But you know what, it is all relative as I now enjoy the feeling of flying in this kind of system and the pride it brings everytime you complete a flight which has also tested your abilities under such conditions. Anyway, back to topic. Killer51883 I congratulate you on making the decision to go where your interests take you and to stand your ground and clear misunderstandings on this thread.

Again anyone with questions on Eagle out of San Juan please read my other posts on this thread or shoot me a P.M. And remember, Eagle is so short right now that they are offering you the chance to pick your base before they employ you !!!!! At least that is what my "contacts" are telling me.

Boy and by the way you guys are lucky, in the mid-90's Eagle was incredibly stuck up in their hiring, Jeeesh I got on with 2600 total and 2300 of those multi and It was still a pain the arse....isn't the law of supply and demmand amazing ??

All the best, flytank.

 

Speaking of the infamous Customs procedure. What most of us used to do is carry a book of Customs forms and fill them out in cruise flight and stick it in our hats or pockets. "Going" thru Customs/INS was actually pretty painless "most of the times" and it would take you no more than 5 minutes including going thru the INS guy upsatirs and the customs guy downstairs. Every now and then they would "select" you for a random bag search and they would briefly go through your stuff and let you be on your way, that would add another 5 or so minutes and would probably happen to you 10 to 12 times average in a year. Again not a big deal. What messes this procedure is the looooong walk just to get there (again see my post on this somewhere above) and then the long walk just to get back to the Eagle lounges. In all going through customs and back to Eagle takes about 15 to 20 minutes tops, unless you're clearing behind Iberia or any other International crew which is before you, then you are SOL and will have to wait until all 10 to 15 of them have cleared !!!! We actually ran to the INS guy when we saw a Iberia/Lufthansa herd coming from the other side in order to beat them LOL !!! I also suggest to all to get a good bag with nice wheels and strap everything to it, you'll be glad you did.

Flytank

 

yeah it actually became part of my cruise check flow to fill out the crew dec. the actual process just as fly tank described isnt bad just the walk to and from. However combining that with the summer heat and no apu helped me lose 35 pounds in 6 months.