Pilot's hotels
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bushmaster
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Re: Pilot\'s hotels
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They make our international crews carry a French visa in order to operate in and out of SVO (Moscow).
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What happens if someone starts speaking french to them?
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They make our international crews carry a French visa in order to operate in and out of SVO (Moscow).
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What happens if someone starts speaking french to them?
Re: Pilot\'s hotels
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Do the captain and first officer share a room!?
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No way man. I'd have already spent up to a 16 hour duty day looking at the right half of his head, I couldn't possibly imagine sitting with ol' LeRoy fighting over the remote.
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Do the captain and first officer share a room!?
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No way man. I'd have already spent up to a 16 hour duty day looking at the right half of his head, I couldn't possibly imagine sitting with ol' LeRoy fighting over the remote.
blee256
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Re: Pilot\'s hotels
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Oh by the way most of the "points programs" are on to pilots now and will no longer let you collect points for your stay, since the company paid for it.
Which is totally incongruous, since now my company pays for it (non-airline) and I get the points
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Thats ridiculous. What hotel is doing that? 75% of all hotel rooms are booked by business travelers and is paid for they their companies. A pilot and his/her crew is no different than any other business traveler.
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Oh by the way most of the "points programs" are on to pilots now and will no longer let you collect points for your stay, since the company paid for it.
Which is totally incongruous, since now my company pays for it (non-airline) and I get the points
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Thats ridiculous. What hotel is doing that? 75% of all hotel rooms are booked by business travelers and is paid for they their companies. A pilot and his/her crew is no different than any other business traveler.
stultus
New Member
Re: Pilot\'s hotels
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Oh by the way most of the "points programs" are on to pilots now and will no longer let you collect points for your stay, since the company paid for it.
Which is totally incongruous, since now my company pays for it (non-airline) and I get the points
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Thats ridiculous. What hotel is doing that? 75% of all hotel rooms are booked by business travelers and is paid for they their companies. A pilot and his/her crew is no different than any other business traveler.
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It seems to make sense to me. The points are supposed to be an incentive to stay at a certain hotel chain, but airline pilots don't really have much of a choice on a work trip--they stay where the company has arranged for them to stay, so no incentive is necessary.
Though, personally, I hope this isn't always the case--I love my points and miles
And to the original poster: I don't think pilots always--or I should say ever--stay at 5 star hotels, but the places usually seem pretty decent. Over the past year I've stayed at a few hotels where flight crews of my favorite airline were staying. I'd say the best was the Swissotel in Singapore and the worst was the Radisson Airport MKE, so it depends a little on the city.
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Oh by the way most of the "points programs" are on to pilots now and will no longer let you collect points for your stay, since the company paid for it.
Which is totally incongruous, since now my company pays for it (non-airline) and I get the points
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Thats ridiculous. What hotel is doing that? 75% of all hotel rooms are booked by business travelers and is paid for they their companies. A pilot and his/her crew is no different than any other business traveler.
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It seems to make sense to me. The points are supposed to be an incentive to stay at a certain hotel chain, but airline pilots don't really have much of a choice on a work trip--they stay where the company has arranged for them to stay, so no incentive is necessary.
Though, personally, I hope this isn't always the case--I love my points and miles
And to the original poster: I don't think pilots always--or I should say ever--stay at 5 star hotels, but the places usually seem pretty decent. Over the past year I've stayed at a few hotels where flight crews of my favorite airline were staying. I'd say the best was the Swissotel in Singapore and the worst was the Radisson Airport MKE, so it depends a little on the city.
kellwolf
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LOL you know what I mean. The corporate world is SO FAR superior to airlines on that score it's not funny.
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I have a friend (well a friend of my wife's) that works the front desk of the Hawthorne Suites by MCO. They have a separate business office just for pilots. Two computers in there, and I think they may have a weather uplink. They are also a hotel of choice for training at SimCom aparantly. The hotel shuttle has two different sign-up sheets, one for the airport and one for Simcom.
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LOL you know what I mean. The corporate world is SO FAR superior to airlines on that score it's not funny.
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I have a friend (well a friend of my wife's) that works the front desk of the Hawthorne Suites by MCO. They have a separate business office just for pilots. Two computers in there, and I think they may have a weather uplink. They are also a hotel of choice for training at SimCom aparantly. The hotel shuttle has two different sign-up sheets, one for the airport and one for Simcom.
FlyChicaga
Vintage Restoration
Re: Pilot\'s hotels
To offer my regional perspective...
We have some good hotels, and we have some iffy ones. Some of our hotels are top notch, the Sheraton Suites in LEX being one. Too bad we are pulling out of there, and CID, where we stayed at the Crowne Plaza downtown. Our company tries to find the hotels that a) are clean and friendly, b) are nearby restaurants and other attractions, and c) aren't excessively far from the airport. In our system we have Radisson, Holiday Inn Holidome, Four Points Sheraton, Sheraton Suites, Crowne Plaza, Renassance Marriott, Comfort Inn (crap), Super 8 (actually quite nice and very kind to crews!), Best Western (amazing hotel across from the state capitol in a top notch downtown area). Might change one to a Wingate, and add a Hilton soon. I'd have to say in our system there is only one or two hotels which are fairly shady, but the rest aren't too bad at all. Each has it's own benefits. Out of all our destinations I'd probably only change two hotels.
When we overnight everyone gets their own room.
To offer my regional perspective...
We have some good hotels, and we have some iffy ones. Some of our hotels are top notch, the Sheraton Suites in LEX being one. Too bad we are pulling out of there, and CID, where we stayed at the Crowne Plaza downtown. Our company tries to find the hotels that a) are clean and friendly, b) are nearby restaurants and other attractions, and c) aren't excessively far from the airport. In our system we have Radisson, Holiday Inn Holidome, Four Points Sheraton, Sheraton Suites, Crowne Plaza, Renassance Marriott, Comfort Inn (crap), Super 8 (actually quite nice and very kind to crews!), Best Western (amazing hotel across from the state capitol in a top notch downtown area). Might change one to a Wingate, and add a Hilton soon. I'd have to say in our system there is only one or two hotels which are fairly shady, but the rest aren't too bad at all. Each has it's own benefits. Out of all our destinations I'd probably only change two hotels.
When we overnight everyone gets their own room.
TheShortOne
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Re: Pilot\'s hotels
How much input (if any) do the pilots or union have when a company decides to switch hotels?
How much input (if any) do the pilots or union have when a company decides to switch hotels?
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How much input (if any) do the pilots or union have when a company decides to switch hotels?
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In Springfield, Mass, the Holiday Inn downtown was used by American pilots, but one of the pilots I was talking to said they were going to be changing hotels because the FAs were complaining too much about everything.
Just what he told me.
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How much input (if any) do the pilots or union have when a company decides to switch hotels?
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In Springfield, Mass, the Holiday Inn downtown was used by American pilots, but one of the pilots I was talking to said they were going to be changing hotels because the FAs were complaining too much about everything.
Just what he told me.
