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- Dec 28, 2003
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Just wondering if everybody is in the same boat on this? You're calling in-range, or calling your times in (for the non-ACARS people), and you politely ask the ops people to give the hotel a buzz and tell them that you'll be curbside in XX minutes. They say "sure, no problem" or "they've already been called". Good, alright, no wait in the cold. So you put the plane to bed, and walk on out to the curb, looking expectantly for that green Holiday Inn van. And you wait, and wait, and wait some more. "Does anybody have the hotel number handy?" "Do you have your pairing handy?" So you dig it out of your bag (you'd think after 5 years I'd learn) and call the hotel. "Oh, okay, we'll send the van right out..." Geez. "Did you ever get a call from xxxxx operations?" "No this is the first call tonight." Figures. Is this happen everywhere, or just at those USAirways stations that still insist on calling any express aircraft a "commuter" when they only get 2 or 3 big jets a day? Or do I work for a company with spoiled pilots who expect too much and don't even know it? Granted, this only happens to me about 5 or 6 nights a month (when I'm typically out 12-15 nights a month), but it gets old being lied to.