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[sunchaser]

Hey Pinnacle guys, any ideas for places to stay while in traning at Pinnacle? Just trying to get some cheap ideas close to traning... Thanks

 

[DoinTime]

Hey Pinnacle guys, any ideas for places to stay while in traning at Pinnacle? Just trying to get some cheap ideas close to traning... Thanks

If you want to keep your faith in humanity intact I would recomend avoiding a 100 mile ring around the Memphis airport.

 

[Cessna Queen]

Pinnacle Training

I would disagree.
Homestead Suites is very convenient to training and really pretty comfortable. Hotel itself is fine. There is a gym within walking distance usable for total of $5 for your stay and there is a walking trail around the complex - OK for daytime. There are a few restaurants that deliver and the hotel will pay for a cab for you to and from the airport.
Just don't go walking around at night. It is in an industrial park - so not much around at night.
Surrounding area is typical airport type area - not great.

On another note anyone in the FEb 28th class????

 

[sunchaser]

I hope I'll be in the 28th class... How much to stay at the Homestead? I need cheap, cheap, cheap. I live in a box on the street if the price is right.

 

[Cessna Queen]

Pinnacle Training

Hi Sunchaser
The Homestead runs 800 a month- you can get a deluxe for something under a 100 xtra which would have 2 beds - if you can find someone to share with - the space would be tight that way but I know some have done it.

Typically, the crash pads are cheaper but are typically much further away \
Me, I'm not an a.m. person and having to be in class at 8:00am and usually want to arrive a few minutes earlier - I like the closeness of the Homestead.
Jan

 

[Longhorn]

When I was in training back in 1999, I stayed at the Homecrack village. I did not mind, the rooms were clean but there a few down sides. MY CAR WAS STOLEN, only to be found stripped 3 days later. There was 3 police encounters with my neighbors within the first two weeks, all drug related...I was looking for the COPS TV show camera's, that was a little bothersome. But other than that, it was not that bad. I lived in Germantown and Collierville for 3 years after that before moving..Living there is nice if you are in the suburbs, but corporate and the hotels around it are in a very rough part of town. Nonconnah parkway is nice, with all the new office building and newly planted trees, but it is still the hood.....JMO

 

[flagshipper]

I can assure you that everybody who starts out at the hotels ends up broke and they do the smart thing and find a crashpad. Call Natalie at the CEC 901-348-4100 and tell her you need a cheap place to stay. There are several crashpads that run around 200 bucks a month maybe a bit more. Most of them range between 10 and 20 minutes away because it a trash hole around the airport. There are even a few crashpads that are owned by sim instructors which is a nice way to get those nagging questions answered. As far as location midtown is an older area but liveable. The rest of the decent places to stay are either east in germantown area or south into Mississippi known as southhaven. A bunch of our captains have crashpads there. You are gonna need your car because the bus systems sucks and you might actually want to live through training. Also I recommend you bring a club for your car or just make sure you dont have any nice rims because there have been several car thefts and break ins at the CEC. The homestead is where the MS carriers truck driving students stay so there is always a buch of hookers hanging out there every night that are even sub par for a regional FO. I am not proud to say I have lived in this town most of my life so if you have any more questions feel free to pm me.

 

[Longhorn]

LOL...Flagshipper, you hit that right on the head.. I forgot about the city buses..Maybe not the best idea. Although it should be part of new hire orientation to ride the bus to work just once!!!!

 

[dondk]

I'm not fond of the corporate connection to crash pads.. Those they were pushing in '01 were way to expensive and had the strange sound of kickbacks..

You can also plan on a couple days in one of the hotels.. they will give you airlink crew rates (about $30/night). Ask the class in front of you for info on crash pads or the one in front of them that are finshing up in the sim and getting parolled from MEM. I would trust the word of mouth from one of our own before anything from corporate!!!

Car is a mandatory requirment, flak jacket is optional, but manadatory if you stay within a mile of the CEC. Going out walking at night is just downright stupid... by 6 pm nonconnah is a ghost town...

Good luck in class!

Janet Wilson.. not an A.M. person? Bid MEM.. you will not make it up north!!! DTW and MSP you will get to see the sun rise at least once a trip!

 

[Saabslime]

Stay away from the Homestead. When I worked for Mesaba that is where scheduling would put us out of domicile reserves for a 3 or 4 day stint. We had one guy chased down after using the ATM machine on the corner by the Catfish Cabin, and had one of our flight attendants RAPED!! No kidding. You know your not in a good area when the van driver tells you not to go outside of the hotel at night for your own safety.

 

[saabservant]

I too had the pleasure of staying at the homeystead while on out-of-base reserve for my masters. Food is a problem, and the dark parking lot in back raised questions about what goes on back there. In the daylight, it looks like just another corporate office park, with a child care center down the street, but at night the streets and lanes are dark, and if someone hanging out or driving by wanted to harass you, not a lot of options...I am large, fit, and comfortable with self-defense, but my instincts let me down while there. I walked back from the Holiday Inn one evening with another exiled crewmember with whom I sometimes shared stories and a drink. About halfway back I realized how stupid it was too be doing this with an attractive (or any) woman.
Even if I was Chuck Norris with a .44, BAD MOVE. ...I wonder why that car is slowing down...

A year later, while based down there, I switched to the Holiday Inn. They gave me the nwa rate, with better shuttle service and a restaurant available. The lunch buffet was a good deal. (one meal a day...)
I really appreciate how our contract required pay from day 1 and a hotel room. You will enjoy that improvement, along with many others, with a new deal, whenever that comes.
Isn't the nwa plantation a fun place to be?!