NJ Oct 8th class

[Outta Here]

there are alot of guys who are renting a car onr way last day of the tour you buy a ticket airline home and the company reimburses you the expense up to the ampunt the ticket they would have purchased for the arilne to the domicile. Prob 2-3 hours or less wouldnt matter but more than that you have to figure wear and tear on the vehicle and hotel expenses

 

[fly4funcrj]

I'm lookin at 4 to 4.5 from BOS to TEB. I dont think there are any cheap fares I could buy to get me to Jersey, so I'm driving. Buuut, on the 7/7 I should be able to live with it. Can anyone tell me how secure the parking is at TEB? Has anyone had any problems leaving a car there?

I have had no problems yet and so far have been doing it since the beginning. There is a guarded gate you have to go through, then the parking lot is away from any jetblast (unlike the old lot).

 

[bosdrx]

Hmmmm Ditch Training?

So yeah, about that.... I can't swim. Not even a little. I might as well be a brick... Anyway, not ever having done this before, what goes into this? Am I gonna need the spongebob floaties or what?

 

[On Your Six]

So yeah, about that.... I can't swim. Not even a little. I might as well be a brick... Anyway, not ever having done this before, what goes into this? Am I gonna need the spongebob floaties or what?

Not trying to flame, but how about going to the local YMCA and getting some lessons. I wouldn't want to fly over any water if I couldn't swim - just from an anxiety standpoint. Basic swimming would suffice.

Good luck.

 

[Diesel]

I'll be living south of MCO right off of the FL turnpike.

Yeah if you can do the turnpike you'd be okay. Don't forget to add in the tolls. I'm sure you have sunpass.

 

[imacdog]

So yeah, about that.... I can't swim. Not even a little. I might as well be a brick... Anyway, not ever having done this before, what goes into this? Am I gonna need the spongebob floaties or what?

Everything done in the pool (floatation techniques and working the life raft) is done with your life jacket on. They aren't great but if you can dog paddle or just flail around a whole bunch, you should be okay. If not, your classmates can practice rescue techniques as well.

 

[LR25]

"I'm lookin at 4 to 4.5 from BOS to TEB....."
Consider a rental car one way. Have the company fly you home to BOS at the end of the tour.... we have a 'dummy tix' program. They'll credit you the amount of $ it would cost to get you back to TEB and then you buy a tix to BOS.

They will buy you a ticket to a "non" domicile airport at the end of your tour?

 

[CA1900]

They will buy you a ticket to a "non" domicile airport at the end of your tour?

No -- you'll buy a ticket at the end of the tour, to anywhere you want.

You tell the company you're doing this, and they'll note in the computer what the ticket to your domicile would have cost if you'd taken it. You'll then submit for reimbursement of the ticket you bought, up to the what they would have spent to get you to your domicile.


Note that every so often, you'll actually fly a plane back to your domicile versus airlining there. If that happens, you'd be totally on the hook to get yourself back home, since the company wouldn't have spent any money on an airline for you. I can't speak for other bases, but that's only happened to me once so far in a year or so of being based at PBI.

 

[woota]

I got the good news today that I'm back in the October 8th indoc class and was moved from from the xls to the 800xp. I'll see you all in October after all.

 

[RP170]

I got the good news today that I'm back in the October 8th indoc class and was moved from from the xls to the 800xp. I'll see you all in October after all.

Very nice! I'll trade you the Ultra for the 800XP. See you again in a couple of weeks.