Denver commuter gouge?

[ILUVURBANMYERS]

Thinking of bidding the new SWA Denver domicile. What is the deal with the local hotels with crews? Cost? Ass pain with the van factor?
I heard that with a SIDA badge the bus takes you right up to the gates from the employee lot.
Any help or thoughts will be appreciated.
Thanks,
ILUVMITCHMUSCHAMP

 

[Dude]

Why the H-E-double hockey sticks would anyone want to commute to DEN? That's great...get to the gate and you are an hour from a bedbug infested pillow. Seems DEN is not the best place in our system to commute to, if you ask me. I realize you didn't but thought I would share my ASSumptions.

LAS, PHX and MDW are pretty decent for commuters. DEN doesn't seem like a good one. To each his/her own.

 

[GuppyFlyer]

Dude, Good plan... drive away all the DEN bidders. Ha! GF

 

[Dude]

And I almost forgot:

Hippies
Hemp clothing
Colorado Native bumper stickers on cars that came with their owner from MI
FIRES!
Zoomies
UAL pilots that call your airplane a guppy
UAL pilots...I keed, I keed
Wind
Too many runways
Lears that buzz the concourse (freaking dangerous, man)
Crazy old people wearing vests and cowboy hats (kinda like Krishnas)
Giant blue horses that guard the entrance (mean looking too)
Hacky sack tourneys in the concourse (front range invitational on C for space)
Phish phans
Deadheads
Parrotheads not welcome
Cold
Hot
FIRES!
Texans everywhere
Hotel on an abandoned airport...wait til AirTransat pilots find out and they'll try to land in the parking lot
Subarus
Saabs
Volvos
Like Utah but without religion
Everything at the airpot (not misspelled) looks like a phallus

 

[IAHERJ]

The two best United Clubs outside Houston and Newark. One big club on each end of concourse B. Buy a membership

 

[ILUVURBANMYERS]

33 non stops per day vs 9! But thanks for the help. I'm sure your a blast to fly with.

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

Dude, Good plan... drive away all the DEN bidders. Ha! GF

I thought the same thing!!! As long as they're all senior to me (Which ain't saying much!)

KBB

 

[skypine69]

I used to commute to DEN and if I had to stay overnite it was a pain in the A$$. The Red Roof was the cheapest at the time (dont remember how much) but it would take forever to get the van. THen you are out in the middle of nowhere. If you have a car and a SIDA badge you can park in the airside lot and the employee bus will take you to the concourse. The hotel shuttle will not do that. I would say that from the time I walked off the plane to the time I walked into my room would be an hour on average. Seems silly when the hotel is only about 3 miles away.

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

BTW, 33 flights a day, Where the heck are you commuting from?

(and I'm assuming it's on SW, United, Frontier, ???...That's a lot of flights!)

KBB

 

[Flying the Line]

Gotta be SLC. My detective work remembers urban Myers coaching the utes.

 

[wood pecker]

Great topic. What's the pros and cons with LAS, PHX, MDW out of ATL for bottom 90% seniority = reserves or maybe a glimmer of a line?

 

[milflyboy]

Don't know much about MDW.

I think DEN will be the best option for holding a line. At least in the beginning. Heard a rumors from a Base manager that FOs will be displaced out of PHX, LAS. There are quite a bit of LAS/PHX FOs living in the DEN area, but I guess not enough to cover the base shrinkage.
Right now easiest to hold a line in LAS and probably also one of the best bases from a commuter standpoint. Lots of hotel options, lots of commuting options & lots to do.
Also better chance of being used if on reserve since more PHX FOs live in domicile and enjoy flying on their days of.

 

[IBNAV8R]

Just stay clear of the movie theaters.

 

[king10pin02]

Just stay clear of the movie theaters.

Not funny in any way possible

 

[Russ]

Commute there for another airline. Not much to offer other than the hotels on tower road are where the bulk of crews stay as far as I can tell. Van service is pretty good from most of them. where I've come close to getting burned is afternoon shows in the Summer. The afternoon thunderstorms affect traffic from 2-3 pm and beyond when they hit.

Good luck.

 

[waveflyer]

How is van service "pretty good" when schedule layover crews can't seem to get a van quicker than a half hour and often bump their regular customers off to let you on?