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Regional Airline Crews Rest Uneasy In Crash Pads

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...8/03/ST2009080303154.html?sid=ST2009080303154

I bet there are some flightinfo posters featured in this story :)

By Sholnn Freeman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

At first sight, the Sterling Park house looks like an ordinary split-level, complete with carport, backyard grill and freshly mowed grass. But instead of housing a growing suburban family, it offers accommodations for 30 pilots and flight attendants struggling to string together a few precious hours of sleep....
 
The wife who was quoted at the end of the article sounds pretty high maintenance. Attitudes like that will lead to divorce pretty quick. I wonder if she gets her panties in a wad over the hotel maids too.
 
Yeah, she didn't come across very well. They shouldn't have posted an exterior picture of that house, either. If that town's code and zoning department finds out about 30 guys living in one house, they'll probably be obligated to shut it down.
 
Of course what isn't mentioned is that crash pads are a function of commuting, and aren't limited to "regional" pilots....As long as you have commuting, you will have crash pads....
 
Of course what isn't mentioned is that crash pads are a function of commuting, and aren't limited to "regional" pilots....As long as you have commuting, you will have crash pads....

That is crap that they really point out the "regional" aspect of it, but that is the hot topic of the times.
 
Nothing new

Read any Railroad history and you will see that rotten rest situations existed near the rail yards, sometimes as shacks right along the right of way. I'd bet the same thing existed on the Stage Coach lines and even the Pony Express for the few months it ran. It is human nature.
 
That is crap that they really point out the "regional" aspect of it, but that is the hot topic of the times.

My crash pad in Atlanta was limited to 4. Never saw anyone else there. I did spend a weekend at a regional crashpad when I was flying for a regional, it was much like she described. Sick, very sick! Could not wait to go to work!
 
The wife of a captain who stays at Sterling Park said she resents the situation, particularly his sharing a house with other women while she and their children live on the other side of the country.


"Sometimes I feel as though he's off to this life we know nothing about," the woman said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of fear of career repercussions against her husband. "He kind of lives like a single person in a dorm. I don't know any of the people he talks about. I don't know any spouses or any family. There are no Christmas parties, no socializing."
She said it has been difficult for their children. "My little girl, she says, 'When is Daddy coming to visit us again?' I said, 'Daddy doesn't come and visit us. This is his home.' "
I don't think that she's missing anything. She seems jealous and I hope that the marriage survives. The poor guy probably has to sit 20 days of reserve there every month.
 
just a little something that stands out besides the crashpad stuff...

"Today, half of all scheduled flights in the United States are operated by regional airlines"
 

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