How crash pads work?

Reply Subscribe

Page 3 of 5

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

09-18-2015 | 04:43 AM

#21

Chrisx2

Line Holder

Joined: Jun 2015

Posts: 79

Likes: 0

Quote:

Originally Posted by knobcrk

Reginals close their major bases once in a decade, if at all. Now don't move to a outstation base that has 20 crews. That's probably going to close.

This must be a hell if a decade then. XJT shut down IAD and DEN. EGL just shut down NY and MIA.

09-18-2015 | 04:49 AM

#22

chrisreedrules

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Feb 2012

Posts: 4,601

Likes: 0

From: CRJ FO

Quote:

Originally Posted by knobcrk

Don't commute, even if your wife is the head doctor at your remote town or the free basement at your moms house in Podunk KY is cheaper than renting in base.

Get together with your wife, kids, pet gold fish or whoever cares about you in life and explain to them that you are all moving. Otherwise you will never see them or they will leave you. 11 to 12 days off, plus reserve, plus days needed to commute back and forth, you do do the math.

The guys that I hear doing these crazy commutes, either they don't want to be home or they have no life. The only way I would commute again is if I was at a major with 16 days off. Less than a 1 hour flight, and there was a flight every hour.

It isn't that bad as long as you don't live in some podunk outstation. I have a 20 min drive and a 45-1:00 flight to work to get into CLT. As long as I can list for 2 flights that would get me in base before my duty period begins, then I am covered by my companies commuter clause. Lots of flights for me and I don't live in a hub or anything. Read the contract of the airline you want to fly for and check the amount of flights to get to and from work. That will let you know how difficult (or easy) your commute may be.

09-18-2015 | 04:53 AM

#23

pilotwithnoname

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Jan 2014

Posts: 244

Likes: 0

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisx2

This must be a hell if a decade then. XJT shut down IAD and DEN. EGL just shut down NY and MIA.

XJT is also out of MCI.

09-18-2015 | 04:53 AM

#24

Chrisx2

Line Holder

Joined: Jun 2015

Posts: 79

Likes: 0

Yeah, but he mentioned major hub cities and nobody has MCI as a hub

09-18-2015 | 05:08 AM

#25

AceyCandler

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Nov 2011

Posts: 218

Likes: 0

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisx2

Yeah, but he mentioned major hub cities and nobody has MCI as a hub

All the feels suddenly came back!

RIP Vanguard

09-18-2015 | 08:22 AM

#26

freezingflyboy

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Dec 2005

Posts: 4,047

Likes: 20

From: 7ER B...whatever that means.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisx2

This must be a hell if a decade then. XJT shut down IAD and DEN. EGL just shut down NY and MIA.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotwithnoname

XJT is also out of MCI.

To be fair, IAD, DEN and MCI were never huge bases for XJT in the overall scheme of the network. CLE was, is and will always will be suspect for viability yet always manages to cling to life. But for the near-term IAH, ORD and EWR are all safe bets on the ERJ side and ATL and DTW are pretty safe bets on the CRJ side. DFW is not one I would jump feet first into just yet. Unless both them feet got cowboy boots on em, then YEEEEHAWWWW!

09-18-2015 | 08:26 PM

#27

mks91

On Reserve

Joined: Aug 2015

Posts: 11

Likes: 0

Speaking of Mci, does anybody commute out of there? How is it and what bases seem to be the easiest or most difficult to commute to?

09-18-2015 | 09:20 PM

#28

Crimson

Line Holder

Joined: Jul 2015

Posts: 216

Likes: 4

What are the best ways to find crashpads? I've looked at 411crashpad but are there better ways to find them?

09-19-2015 | 07:29 AM

#29

Crawl

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Jul 2007

Posts: 367

Likes: 0

From: Errplanes

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crimson

What are the best ways to find crashpads? I've looked at 411crashpad but are there better ways to find them?

Know a guy who knows a guy... Do you already have a job? Ask people who work there where they stay. If you don't already have a job, I'd recommend Envoy or Piedmont and skip the whole crashpad nonsense. Crashpads suuuuck.