Sharing a hotel room?!

[Tgaug6300]

A friend of mine works for a company and whenever they RON, he and the other pilot have to share rooms? He said that the President (CEO) and the VP do the same thing. This is not a small company, and everyone here would know the name if I said it, so this really surprises me. I can't understand why a company would own a multi million dollar jet (that cost several thousand dollars an hour to operate), but yet won't pay and extra $200/night for a hotel room.
That can not be safe either. Everyone has different sleeping patterns. Crew rest for them must be a joke! Anyone else have experience with this sort of situation.

And by the way the other pilot he flys with is not a blond hottie

 

[willNOTfly4free]

I've shared a hotel room once, and I hope I never have to again. We made the mistake of having our customer's company book our rooms at an Embassy Suite. They said something like, "they're just pilots, and it's a suite, why do they need seperate rooms?" :angryfire Never again.

I've heard of some smaller charter outfits making pilots share a room. I think room sharing is a poor attempt to save costs at the expense of the crews' rest.

 

[snow-back]

A friend of mine works for a company and whenever they RON, he and the other pilot have to share rooms? He said that the President (CEO) and the VP do the same thing. This is not a small company, and everyone here would know the name if I said it, so this really surprises me. I can't understand why a company would own a multi million dollar jet (that cost several thousand dollars an hour to operate), but yet won't pay and extra $200/night for a hotel room.
That can not be safe either. Everyone has different sleeping patterns. Crew rest for them must be a joke! Anyone else have experience with this sort of situation.

And by the way the other pilot he flys with is not a blond hottie

I've heard that about Wal-Mart!

 

[skeeter666]

U-haul does the same. What if the other guy snored all night and I was a light sleeper? We need to really hammer this down!

 

[Daveman]

A friend of mine works for a company and whenever they RON, he and the other pilot have to share rooms? He said that the President (CEO) and the VP do the same thing. This is not a small company, and everyone here would know the name if I said it, so this really surprises me. I can't understand why a company would own a multi million dollar jet (that cost several thousand dollars an hour to operate), but yet won't pay and extra $200/night for a hotel room.
That can not be safe either. Everyone has different sleeping patterns. Crew rest for them must be a joke! Anyone else have experience with this sort of situation.

And by the way the other pilot he flys with is not a blond hottie

Then the CEO and VP are bone [SIZE=-1]Smugglers. This isn't the way it's done, Part 121, 135, or 91. [/SIZE]

 

[pilotpat]

Abso-fng-lutely ridiculous. My company tried to make me share a day-room once. I said, not at all. If you want me to get my rest, then its in my own, private room. I'll not share a room...or even an apartment with anyone. Period.

Unless she's as hot as my wife, then maybe.

 

[SpiderMan]

Uh you sure your "friend" and the other pilot aren't ghey? Same goes for the president and vp.

 

[flyboydk]

A guy who ran a hunting lodge we were staying at with our airplane's owners assigned me and the other pilot 1 room, I started laughing and said "good joke", but he just stared back at me completely seriously. I explained to him that I never share a room and would have to kill the other pilot if I did stay in the same room because he was annoying. The guy just didn't know, he had always assigned pilots to share rooms in the past and they just accepted it!

 

[nfg2u]

All I can say is your kidding right!

 

[Corona]

Important word to memorize: No!

C

 

[learflyer]

Hey, we all need to spoon once in a while.

 

[Galaxy]

Unless your partner looked like flyboydk's avatar it would be a big fat NO! I would tell your friend to start looking for another job with a better culture. The CEO and VP can snoodle all they want but sharing a hotel room is just plain CHEAP! I would find another job then submit a report to the Board on how selling the plane and buying an RV could save them money in hotel rooms and save big $$$ on Jet fuel. vbmenu_register("postmenu_1324653", true);

 

[pal]

Amazing. A topic where everyone agrees.

If a company won't pay for separate rooms, they shouldn't have an airplane. I don't want to be with anyone 24 hours a day. Crew rest would be just a fantasy in that situation.

 

[Tgaug6300]

Yeah, I heard Wal-mart does it too!! If there ever was a company that could afford another room it has to be that one!

 

[hawkerflyer]

Let me think about this. Um, no.

 

[Blues604]

Yeah, I heard Wal-mart does it too!! If there ever was a company that could afford another room it has to be that one!

Wal Mart quit sharing rooms years ago!!

 

[AeroBoy]

Wal Mart quit sharing rooms years ago!!

But didn't two recently fired Wal-Mart execs frequently share a room?

 

[Blues604]

But didn't two recently fired Wal-Mart execs frequently share a room?

I'm not familiar with the firings that you are talking about. However, I never concerned myself with the passengers accommodations.

 

[Dinger]

Hey, we all need to spoon once in a while.

Spooning is one thing.....as long as there is no forking involved! Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[Raskal]

Absolutely not.

No kidding, recently I had another pilot, in a postition of authority mind you, ask me if I wanted to share a suite. I paused, unsure if he was serious, and asked "why?". His reply was that the rooms were $400 a piece and it would save money. My response was "It would save who money?".

Basically, while his intentions were fine, I asked why he was so concerned about saving money for pax who wanted to go to a resort city in peak season and keep the airplane there for an extended period. The client owns the airplane, he flies it all over, owns multiple companies etc. After gently putting it in perspective the other guy agreed.

I believe many of us put expenses in "our financial terms", while meaning well, this is completely idiotic. A good majority of the pax we fly are in an entirely different world when it comes to financial numbers. After all, the landing/service fee is $700 at BOS, but is that a concern? Of course not, and if it is you'd better start looking for a job. Corporate aviation is never cheap, and getting more expensive by the day.

Flying an aircraft that costs thousands an hour to operate and then trying to save a couple of hundred on hotel rooms is absolutely pathetic, not to mention the rest implications.