Airtran

[RIDETHELIGHTING]

Just wondering during ground school does AirTran pay for the hotel?
Thanks

 

[meanstreak]

Pilots = NO

F/A = Yes

 

[jimcav]

Ride The Lightning I like the name bro. Sounds like an old school Metallica fan to me.

 

[RIDETHELIGHTING]

Yes, best album ever.

 

[doer42]

but you don't have to pay for a type!

 

[410dude]

That's sad when my airline does something that even Airtran doesn't.

 

[CatfishVT9]

Well, make sure you compare apples to apples.


There is no reimbursement for a hotel, but you draw regular first year FO pay during training (70 hour min). I don't know about every other airline, but I know JB pays $2500/ month (last year's rate anyway) and Pinnacle doesn't pay anything during training.

But we don't get the free laptop.

 

[brownie]

how sad when u compare pinnacle to airtran. plus pinnacle pays during trng

 

[DCitrus9]

To be fair, AirTran does pay for a hotel in training. What they do not pay for is a hotel while you are in your base, which is Atlanta for all pilots. If you do any training in a city other than ATL you will have hotel provided. As long as we only have one base they can get away with this.

 

[fletch717]

Pinnacle pays 21 per hr and pays hotel. 24$ second year.

AirTran pays 42.50 per hr. no hotel. 56$ second year.

I'll pay for my hotel for 4 weeks for that difference

 

[OffHot]

At SWA we have the no hotel for Dal Based pilots also during trainning, but for initial hires, all hotels are paid for, plus you get paid for 1st year pay.

 

[Ty Webb]

When I was hired at AirTran, my class trained in Miami. We were provided a rental car, a townhouse, per diem, and a paid travel day each way between events (if you went over your guarantee, which we did).

When training is in ATL, however, you provide your own accommodations. Not a biggy in the scheme of things.

 

[mnboyev]

I got a free sticker....

 

[FL717]

What?!

I got a free sticker....

You got a sticker?!

Where's my sticker? I didn't get a sticker.

This is total B.S.!

Thats it..... I'm calling the Union.....

 

[717pilot]

FL717....1-800-get-a-life!! How you doing man? STICKER? " I dont need no Stinkin' sticker!!!" A sticker and 35 cents gets you a cup of coffee at Dennys!!

D--N IT JIM!!

 

[Phaedrus]

I got a cool whistle with a built-in light! And some pretty good training, as an aside

 

[TV9Driver]

and a license plate and post card!!

 

[say again]

I'm still waiting for the interview!!! But heck, I'd take the sticker at this point .

 

[mnboyev]

Free lunch from the Union... Is it still Mexican ?

 

[asaflyer]

When I was in training back in the spring I paid $300 for two months in a crashpad that was only 5 min. from the training center. Hotels are nice to have but it's really not worth that much of a fuss. We don't provide it, big deal. The cockpit in the 717 makes up for it. P.S. I still haven't gotten around to changing the name.