Even if you started today you still wouldn't get through the sims in 6 months

Jan to sep

Wow.

I missed the call earlier. I’m assuming the same news. Cest la vie

The NYC transport issue is a paycut. We keep going backwards now. Firstly, the DH seating issue now this. TW is an a-hole as is RE. This is honestly another slap in the face by our terrible management. So many options which are rubbish. This place is turning into the place it was before. 50$ a month is an insult AND a slap in the face. So, get busy crying about it or do something about it. We need to start fighting back because enough is enough with EDV and the rubbish they keep piling on us now. How quickly things can change. So much for our flight path and core principles. Very dissappointed in this company.

For me the Golden Touch van rarely worked for me. I almost always ended up springing for a taxi or doing the Airporter or whatever it’s called now. $50.00 will help cover some of that expense. Unfortunately, it’s going to hurt the junior pilots that are on reserve the most. I think Kew Cabs will eat that up in about 4 trips. I wonder how they came up with $50.00 per person? At any rate, I believe the closer we get to the A220’s coming on line, the less they will need us in New York.

Everyone complains about golden touch, first we complained about how terrible it was, now we complain about how terrible the replacement is.

The new policy will benefit most of the pilots greatly (basically anyone at least half way up the fo or ca list in nyc who is senior enough to get commutable trips or a specific codomicile airport) but *severely* hurt those pilots who commute to reserve and stay in Kew Gardens. For those pilots, the golden touch shuttle worked pretty well if you worked your commute around it. I simply think the company intended well but is totally out of touch with the price of transportation in nyc. Even public transportation is expensive, with only the LIRR stopping in “prime” Kew Gardens. How is this an enhancement if it’s cost neutral? The size of the base has grown, company should have invested more into the Golden Touch shuttle. This wouldn’t be as big a blow if It wasn’t happening in such a moment of stagnancy but there is no relief in sight for our reserve pilots right now...

$50 in exchange for no shuttle is a complete slap in the face.

100% agree.

That's 3-4 rides from JFK/LGA to Kew and 1-2 rides from JFK/LGA...

$50 gets you round-trip from Kew to either JFK or LGA nine times on the MTA. The Q10 is a slam dunk down Lefferts to JFK. The E/F-train to the Q70 to LGA is more of a pain, but it's doable.

I used the MTA for several months when I was on winter reserve in Kew because the shuttle schedule sucked. $50 would have gone a lot further for me on reserve than the shuttle ever did.

I now often use the MTA to get between LGA and JFK for the same reason. I'll take the $50 over the ride that rarely aligns well with my commute.

For those who are saying "I'll never ride a bus", stop. I'm not happy that this isn't a Lyft account or an hourly shuttle, either. That being said, we should like babies when we say sh*t like that.

I really don’t understand all the complaints. The company doesn’t have to provide ANYTHING. I’ve been based in many metro areas (JFK, PHL, ORD) and was just told “get to work”.
Anything we get is nice. The previously provided shuttle was a $700,000/year contract, and it kinda sucked IMO. I’ve used Golden Touch for four years at other places and never liked them. Any company saying, “Hey, we know NY sucks, so here’s $50 to get to/from work/crash pad” seems cool to me....