Originally Posted by
msm2000uk
For JFK the crew stay in a very central Manhattan location. For Newark they overlook a car-park and until you see the digs, it's hard to explain how grey the place is!
In terms of Lagos, I agree in terms of quality CIHY, but some crew I know love it.
You make a very good point though, which is that different staff like different places - fortunately swaps can occur and each to their own. To that extent there is a very well known crewmember who adores going to Nairobi, and is gutted the aircraft change means they can't fly it - meanwhile there are other crew who've never bid for it and have no interest in setting foot.
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Originally Posted by
SFO_Flyr
Have you ever been to/stayed in a hotel at or near Newark Airport??
Originally Posted by
steveholt
It is physically close to Manhattan. At the right times, it can be relatively quick to Manhattan. At the wrong times, or left in the wrong hotel, it might as well be another city altogether. It might be telling that United needed to run that an ad campaign to convince locals that they should go to Newark.
I think the crew on my last daytime Newark said they stayed in Woodbridge, which is very, very different to Manhattan. They seemed to have had a great time in Manhattan the previous day though, which is an easy direct train ride if close to the station. I had stayed in the Crowne Plaza in Elizabeth and although it was clean enough and the shuttle prompt, I was glad to check out at 4.30am having been there a total of about 6 hours, cursing my employer's budget not stretching to the Sheraton.