Pull and Rotate

Geez, we better either demand schedules with less than 10 days off in a row or the company pay for parking in excess of 10 days in a row! I wonder which fork in that road the company would take??

Yes, there is a list of reasons a mile long as to why people aren't flocking to Sunny. Somehow, I suspect that not being able to to park in the ramp for more than 10 days in a row is pretty far down that list. Just sayin'...

Mciflyboy

Im more curious why in gods name you have to park your car in the parking ramp on your days off? Vacations?

3rdGen

Why should the company pay If you choose to leave your vehicle at the airport for more than 10 days? I could understand if you are away on company business, but if you choose to take 2 week vacation and head out of town, why should the company pay for a ticket or a tow???

sca fact rumor

Obviously coming from someone who lives in MSP. I live in MSP, but when I think of my brothers and sister pilots who commute is why in Gods name I think of them when they wonder where they can park on their days off or when they have vacation and just want to go home. Glad you guys only think of yourselves.

sca fact rumor

I'm well aware of not being able to use the parking ramp for personal use and vacation. Again, this is for commuters, not everyone lives is MSP and SCA has already said they need to find pilots from outside of MSP. Commuters are not "choosing" to park their cars at the ramp. Also, maybe these commuters would like to just go home on their earned vacation (hard to say this is for personal use) and be able to come back to work and not worry about a car being towed? Just a thought. How dare them want to commute. They should just move to MSP, so they can just get bumped out of MSP when Jude opens up a new base for 6 months to see if it works. Glad you guys never had to commute or think of others. The mentality of this airline and some of their pilots sometimes astounds me. Again and by the way, I am not a commuter, I live in MSP, but I do think of my fellow pilots from time to time.

3rdGen

I’ve done my fair share of commuting, and I think it would be ridiculous for any company to pay a fine for an airport rule.... it would be different if SCA owned the parking garage and the would tow/ticket you after a number of days there, also different again if you had been gone on a trio for over 10 days then I think SCA should help if you got ticket or towed. Honestly, this is out of their hands, if it’s airport parking garage rule then it has nothing todo with SCA airlines, would you like them to say to the airport, “if you don’t take this rule away, the we will leave?” I bet the airport would just wave and says bye!

sca fact rumor

It's not actually out of their hands, and I agree with you for the most part and that's why I think there can be a win/win situation. Why not have people park at Building C and get a ride over to the terminal if you're a commuter that has a schedule that was built with more than 10 days off(yes those are being built) or if you're a commuter and going home for vacation? I don't believe MAC has authority over SCA's building C parking lot. It's at least a possible solution. I'm just wondering how this turned into a situation the pilots have to deal with when it's in the contract that the company will provide parking within their control. I believe it's still within their control.

Highflyer35

Ok enough of the parking debate. What’s the plan with moving HQ to building C?

full of luv

No wait, welcome to the majors section Sun Country, now it will be easier for people to find the correct corner of the internet to rant and rave about every little irksome thing.

Wait until it's contract time, then tell the company to fix your parking options!

Noisy1

Or... you could make some friends and ask them to move your car! I have been offered, as a commuter, to have my car moved by D&T. Never needed either of them to do it, but they kindly offered unsolicited.

It was pretty nice of management to remind people that MAC is enforcing the MAC policy. What is wrong with the reminder? The policy has been that way for at least 14 years, which was when I started paying out of pocket to use the ramp when commuting out of Minneapolis to Houston.

What is the fix? Keep complaining about something that is totally fine and maybe we will end up parking at building C. That way the company can avoid paying expensive parking, and you can show up for work 30 minutes earlier to take the employee shuttle bus over to the terminal.