SWA pilot base seniority

[elcid]

Does anyone have phone numbers for the hotels listed above in Oak (Ramada, Hampton Inn, Days Inn? Thanks in advance!

 

[TR4A]

Does anyone have phone numbers for the hotels listed above in Oak (Ramada, Hampton Inn, Days Inn? Thanks in advance!

http://www.oakpilotbase.com/trans_hotels.htm

Best Western 510-633-0500
Fairfield Inn by Marriott 510-568-1500
Days Inn 510-568-1880
La Quinta 510-632-8900
Hilton 510-635-5000
Clarion 510-562-5311
Holiday Inn Express 510-569-4400
Motel 6 510-638-1180
Park Plaza 510-635-5300
Ramada 510-562-4888

 

[Tejas-Jet]

No crashpads in OAK.. Most stay at the Ramada, Hampton or Days Inn. Ramada was 44.00 a night, Hampton was 54.00 (I think) and not sure about the Days Inn.

Not bad, money wise if your staying only 4 days a month. But if your on reserve..... bad new$

I use to commute offline from DTW - LAX on NWA then ride SWA up to OAK. Sometimes I rode AWA to Phoenix then SWA.

No matter where you stay in the OAK airport area....DON'T...repeat...DON'T walk around the neighborhood....

Bid weekend reserve...you'll fly. Won't have to use all that money on the hotel. Think about it....if you were holding a line, you'd end up flying the weekend anyway.

I commuted a lot on Delta. Always got treated great...good food, nice seats, and pretty F/A's. Many thanks to the Delta pilots for getting meback and forth my one and only month in OAK...I owe you guys plenty of beers.

Tejas

 

[elcid]

Thanks for the quick reply! That was way too easy. Luckily I only have a hard line month in Oak for July and then I'm PHX based.

 

[52560]

Wondering if someone knows the current time to hold each base...similar to the beginning of this thread. THX

 

[TR4A]

Wondering if someone knows the current time to hold each base...similar to the beginning of this thread. THX

Date of hire of the most junior F/O at each base for AUGUST:

BWI 3 MAY 06

DAL 4 MAY 05

HOU 8 MAR 06

MCO 10 MAY 06

MDW 5 APR 06

OAK 7 JUN 06

PHX 17 MAY 06

 

[Uppercrust]

No matter where you stay in the OAK airport area....DON'T...repeat...DON'T walk around the neighborhood....

Bid weekend reserve...you'll fly. Won't have to use all that money on the hotel. Think about it....if you were holding a line, you'd end up flying the weekend anyway.

I commuted a lot on Delta. Always got treated great...good food, nice seats, and pretty F/A's. Many thanks to the Delta pilots for getting meback and forth my one and only month in OAK...I owe you guys plenty of beers.

Tejas

Why? What is around the neighborhood?

 

[Aubie]

just my $.02...

Commuting can be a pain, but if you like where you are stay there - the freedom to live one place and work another is a great bennie of this industry. I live an hour east of Atlanta and fly out of MDW. I have been commuting for a year and a half now and don't regret it a bit.

Commuting out of ATL can be an absolute nightmare. I tried to commute ATL-MCO for 4 months and almost every flight around the weekend is full. ATL is painfull even under the best-case scenario: parking, security, getting to the gates, hoping a seat opens up on a full flight.... trying to commute out of ATL added MUCH stress to commuting. So now I drive 3 hrs to BHM to commute on-line and it is MUCH easier. A little longer in the car isn't fun but much better than the stress involved in going through ATL. There are a lot of variables to how hard commuting is beyond just distance travelled...

And ditto about OAK - USA Today listed the street all the motels are on as one of the 10 most dangerous streets in America a while back. Commuting to OAK can be really painful (but the 360 burrito when you get there helps).

 

[DallasGatr]

No matter where you stay in the OAK airport area....DON'T...repeat...DON'T walk around the neighborhood....

Bid weekend reserve...you'll fly. Won't have to use all that money on the hotel. Think about it....if you were holding a line, you'd end up flying the weekend anyway.

I commuted a lot on Delta. Always got treated great...good food, nice seats, and pretty F/A's. Many thanks to the Delta pilots for getting meback and forth my one and only month in OAK...I owe you guys plenty of beers.

Tejas

You had me up to the pretty F/A's part........

 

[TR4A]

Why? What is around the neighborhood?

I am based in OAK. I have a crashpad in Alameda (a few miles NW of airport).

The hotels are 1-2 miles east of the airport. During the day it is a safe area. At night it could be a little risky. A year or so ago we had a F/O walk to a grocery store down the street and he got mugged not seriously injured. He ended up calling in sick for his trip.

Eight years ago I stayed in the hotels for a few months and I walked to a few places after dark and had no problems. In my eights years in OAK the above incident is the only one I am aware of.

Around my crashpad in Alameda it is very safe area. It does cost more but I do it for quality of life not costs.

 

[Uppercrust]

I am based in OAK. I have a crashpad in Alameda (a few miles NW of airport).

The hotels are 1-2 miles east of the airport. During the day it is a safe area. At night it could be a little risky. A year or so ago we had a F/O walk to a grocery store down the street and he got mugged not seriously injured. He ended up calling in sick for his trip.

Eight years ago I stayed in the hotels for a few months and I walked to a few places after dark and had no problems. In my eights years in OAK the above incident is the only one I am aware of.

Around my crashpad in Alameda it is very safe area. It does cost more but I do it for quality of life not costs.

Alameda is beautiful!!

 

[Hardcorr]

I'm a 10 May newhire and got PHX for Aug. No OAK for me. Got luckcy.
See ya there.
Mike

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

DAL 15 months
MCO 8
BWI 6
MDW 3
HOU 3
PHX 1-2
OAK 0

Happy Trails!

Nice list. But there is more.

This is valid only if you want to be in the bottom 10. If you want to get a little seniority or a commutable line your first year or two, you need to be at a commuting domicile.

I just saw some folks on probation who are from Texas switch from HOU to MDW. I saw a year 3 year North Carolina guy switch from BWI to MDW. The lines are more commutable and they have more seniority.

I would place OAK, MDW as the junior bases for a one or two year pilot who commutes.

When SWA opens a new city, commuters often switch domiciles because the commute gets easier to a more junior base.

BTW, the Captains play the same games with domiciles. The junior ones who tend to move around a lot. You can even pick up trips in another domicile from open time.

 

[w8n4swa]

OAK hotels...

Here's a list of phone numbers for anyone staying in OAK:
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Best Western [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]510-633-0500[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Fairfield Inn by Marriott [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]510-568-1500[/FONT]​

[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Days Inn [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]510-568-1880[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]La Quinta [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]510-632-8900[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Hilton [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]510-635-5000[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Clarion [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]510-562-5311[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Holiday Inn Express [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]510-569-4400[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Motel 6 [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]510-638-1180[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Park Plaza [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]510-635-5300[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Ramada [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]510-562-4888[/FONT]

Of course the BEST crash pad is a sailboat on the estuary!!


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[xjhawk]

great place to work, but sadly as a mesaba FO....who has no possibility of upgrade, no money for ATP, no PIC turbine time, No money for Higher Power (oh they require a atp and type rating to even think about a 37 type), oh and no responses from other airlines for the resume's i sent out..maybe its a hint i should not be livin this dream of mine......ha.....at least i can shuttle lots of happy SWA pilots commuting to work from minneapolis to MDW for a couple more months anyways, after that, the avro is gone and so is my job. But i will not take pay cuts for sure....drop below 30 a year? not unless its at another airline.

Oh for those of you who make like 100 an hour and commute on a regional aircraft. Do not brag about your boats, your many nice cars, your beach house.....your whatever, us FO's who live in family members houses cause i cannot afford a house, well, just be nice about talking about those cool things.....ha...but sometimes its depressing to listen to all the things you people have....

i once had a NWA capt tell me i should find a better job at SWA or jetblue.....he did not have a clue...

 

[Murphy]

cut da Tranny a piece of da action in BWI

 

[SWA/FO]

Apply to da tranny. they need help...more pilots.

 

[Murphy]

already work for da Tranny and love it. Wouldn't pay for a type rating. Gotta have some principles in life.

 

[GuppyWN]

already work for da Tranny and love it. Wouldn't pay for a type rating. Gotta have some principles in life.

Did you pay for your pilots license? With all due respect my brother, you sir, cannot see the forest for the trees.

Gup

 

[slaquer5]

Wouldn't pay for a type rating. Gotta have some principles in life.

And common sense. I dont think you have either.