Overnights at Home Question
10-18-2013 | 08:42 PM
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Overnights at Home Question
Having never flown for an airline I have a question about overnights at home. I do not mean overnights at your domicile, I mean at home. Example, I do not live at an airline domicile but I do live 5 minutes away from one that American Eagle and Express Jet fly into and overnight at. If I was to fly with a carrier and was able to get senior enough I could bid those trips, would I be able to spend that night at home? Would I be required to stay with the crew at the hotel and on the bus? Would it just be considered bad manors to leave the crew for a night with my family?
As I said, I have never flown airline so I have no idea how this would be viewed by the airlines if I was to overnight at home. If I was not able to overnight, I guess I could at least visit and spend some time with them.
As I said, I have never flown airline so I have no idea how this would be viewed by the airlines if I was to overnight at home. If I was not able to overnight, I guess I could at least visit and spend some time with them.
10-18-2013 | 08:51 PM
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Of course you could, and should go home to your family. If the rest of the crew has a problem with that, tough, it's your family. But it's not considered bad manors, so they shouldn't have a problem with it.
Many airlines have a hotel buy back program, where the company pays you some percentage of the hotel cost if you don't use it on a layover and cancel the room within the guidelines setup in the contract. Whether the carriers you mentioned have that, I can't say.
Many airlines have a hotel buy back program, where the company pays you some percentage of the hotel cost if you don't use it on a layover and cancel the room within the guidelines setup in the contract. Whether the carriers you mentioned have that, I can't say.
10-18-2013 | 08:51 PM
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I've seen it happen multiple times. Not a problem at all. Just let the rest of the crew know when and where you'll meet them the next day, and all will be well.
10-19-2013 | 06:02 AM
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You dont necessarily have to be super senior. Ive been stuck on reserve for over two years and about once every 6 weeks Ill score an overnight at home. It also helps if its a particularly crappy overnight that no one else wants to do. Good luck!
10-19-2013 | 06:33 AM
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Having never flown for an airline I have a question about overnights at home. I do not mean overnights at your domicile, I mean at home. Example, I do not live at an airline domicile but I do live 5 minutes away from one that American Eagle and Express Jet fly into and overnight at. If I was to fly with a carrier and was able to get senior enough I could bid those trips, would I be able to spend that night at home? Would I be required to stay with the crew at the hotel and on the bus? Would it just be considered bad manors to leave the crew for a night with my family?
As I said, I have never flown airline so I have no idea how this would be viewed by the airlines if I was to overnight at home. If I was not able to overnight, I guess I could at least visit and spend some time with them.
As I said, I have never flown airline so I have no idea how this would be viewed by the airlines if I was to overnight at home. If I was not able to overnight, I guess I could at least visit and spend some time with them.
10-19-2013 | 06:52 AM
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I'm very junior having just switched jobs, but live near an outstation and you bet I'll bid for overnights at home just as often as I can. Its a nice city/hotel from what I'm told, with some occasional long layovers, so it will probably be a while before I get them. Alternatively my wife could drive down and enjoy a night away from home - date night!
I flew with a senior CA recently who grew up in different city served by the same airline; he'd spend the night at his parents house once a week. Not a bad thing at all.
I flew with a senior CA recently who grew up in different city served by the same airline; he'd spend the night at his parents house once a week. Not a bad thing at all.
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