Brokeasspot

Curious as to some of NK's overnights. Where are some of the better places for an overnight and some of the worse?

NedsKid

That really comes down to personal preference. We used to stay in downtown Ft. Worth on DFW long overnights. It seemed about 1/2 the pilot group liked being able to walk out the door and have access to a large variety of restaurants, cultural stuff (museums, parks, etc), and the rest. The other 1/2 of the pilot group complained that, even with a 22 hour overnight, the 30 minute van ride to the hotel was intolerable.

Now our short overnight DFW hotel is on the airport property, and, of course, many of us won't like that there's no options outside the hotel and airport available.

Heck, our Boston long overnight hotel (in downtown Boston) is a shorter van ride than our short overnight hotel in Boston. Pilots still complain about the van ride, wish we stayed at the short overnight hotel, and our FA's complain the bathrooms and rooms in the long overnight hotel are too small.

Everyone has their own personal preferences, so, picking the 'better' places is hard. Me: I like anything downtown or near cultural stuff and feel a 30 minute drive is a small price to pay for 20 hours at the layover, so I like our long layover in BOS, our long layover in LAX, and I like our former long layover in DFW and DTW (where I could run the trails on Henry Ford's estate, 'Fair Lane' - beautiful). Trust me, I'm about the only pilot who liked that hotel!

Spoilers

That FTW hotel is great, our airline used to stay there, too.

Any overnights in like SAN, CUN, SJD? Do you guys do overnights in Mexico or Columbia and other not so stellar places?

JoeyMeatballs

I have a long (26-ish) SJU overnight in beginning of June. I heard it's a nice hotel and I am actually looking forward to it

Sailor

No overnights in Mexico or Colombia.
The only one outside the is is Lina, Peru, (was 23hrs now at 12.5 hrs i think)...all may change in the future. (Hawaii)

yawdamp

LIM and SJU overnights only (south of the 48). People have forgotten what makes this job enjoyable. 30 min van is fine with me.

Who do I have to slap to get us out of the LAS hotel? Bedbugs twice, exercise room is horrible, dirt stains on floors and walls, air conditioning unit that shuts off every 5 mins, then on, wakes you while sleeping. Rap music played in the lobby. What the, over.

Sailor

I couldn't resist...just speculation about hawaii.

Softpayman

Why no love for Colombia? Cartagena is awesome...

Sailor

Man!! If it was up to us, the pilots, what you think?
You know what the answer is!

Spoilers

Didn't mean to rag on Colombia, never been there, but wouldn't mind checking out Cartagena. I was referring more to places like Haiti. I do Mexico stuff now, it has it's rough spots. So, no overnights in Cabo or Cancun? Either way, I like the variety of flying at Spirit and most destinations, just need a job offer first