Flight Crew Hotels
May 27, 2004 | 4:33 pm
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Flight Crew Hotels
I often fly transatlantic flights and upon arrival sometimes see a flight crew (either the one from my flight or another one) checking into my hotel. Last year, I flew JFK-VCE and wondered where the crew gets to stay. Does anyone know if they get to go into the city or have to stay near the airport?
May 27, 2004 | 7:50 pm
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Depends on the airline, the layover duration and the city.
May 27, 2004 | 8:09 pm
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I know of a few cities and where some airline crews stay. I can tell you that Air France crews stay in Novotels mainly around the world. Something about that chain that is French somehow.
May 27, 2004 | 8:17 pm
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I know every time we have had an event at the Millennium Hotel Hudson Theater in New York, the lobby is loaded with FA's Pilots and what not all checking out, and then a couple hours later some more checking in.
That's quite a way from the airport, so they at least get to stay in the Times Square area instead of JFK.
One of the events is always in Feb, and it was funny one night, they were waiting and waiting for the bus, delayed because of a snowstorm that night. A few hours later they were all back, never made it the flight was canceled.
Foreign crew, little english, don't know who though (all blue head to toe if that helps)
That's quite a way from the airport, so they at least get to stay in the Times Square area instead of JFK.
One of the events is always in Feb, and it was funny one night, they were waiting and waiting for the bus, delayed because of a snowstorm that night. A few hours later they were all back, never made it the flight was canceled.
Foreign crew, little english, don't know who though (all blue head to toe if that helps)
May 29, 2004 | 8:27 pm
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Originally Posted by cordelli
One of the events is always in Feb, and it was funny one night, they were waiting and waiting for the bus, delayed because of a snowstorm that night. A few hours later they were all back, never made it the flight was canceled.
Foreign crew, little english, don't know who though (all blue head to toe if that helps)
Foreign crew, little english, don't know who though (all blue head to toe if that helps)
May 29, 2004 | 9:09 pm
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Generally crews are allowed to travel as they please while on layover. There are exceptions based on security or health situations (HKG and SARS for example) though. You can find info about crew hotels, and favorite crew bars etc using google in most cases. Air crew are usually quite fun, find a bar where they hang out and go hoist a pint with them! 
May 29, 2004 | 9:15 pm
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Sometimes people are reluctant to say where crews stay- for their sake....
But since it's closed (to become McGill dorms
) the Renaissance Montreal used to have a _lot_ of crews- kinda surprising, as it was a bit East and North of the "downtown" hotels, so farther away from YUL.
A woman at check-in once gave me one of the chocolates given to her by a crew by the then newly-launched Swiss :-) and there's were plenty of other crews there, as well.
But since it's closed (to become McGill dorms
) the Renaissance Montreal used to have a _lot_ of crews- kinda surprising, as it was a bit East and North of the "downtown" hotels, so farther away from YUL. A woman at check-in once gave me one of the chocolates given to her by a crew by the then newly-launched Swiss :-) and there's were plenty of other crews there, as well.
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May 29, 2004 | 10:35 pm
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Originally Posted by eastwest
Generally crews are allowed to travel as they please while on layover.
I've NEVER seen a single airline's workrules that DIDN'T have a specific restriction against leaving the layover city during a scheduled layover period without notifying movement control.
Many airlines (mainly Asian ones) used to even impose a strict curfew on their FAs on layover, requiring that they be back in the hotel by certain hours and that they not engage in "activities that may reflect badly" on the airline.
When my mother was in charge of FA training at Air India in the early 1970s, they spent an entire day on training new recruits how to conduct themselves on layovers and while off-duty but in uniform!!
May 29, 2004 | 11:32 pm
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In Bangkok, I saw United pilots staying at the Shangri-La. There could have been FAs, but I didn't see them. They had a luggage cart that had a printed paper sign saying United on it.
May 30, 2004 | 11:40 am
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Funny thing here in RST is that lay-over can be quite long (12-16 hours). I often joke with the FA that they could drive home to MSP (an hour away), spend the night and make it back for the flight out in the morning. One actually thought she might do it.
May 30, 2004 | 6:42 pm
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Originally Posted by eastwest
Generally crews are allowed to travel as they please while on layover. There are exceptions based on security or health situations (HKG and SARS for example) though. You can find info about crew hotels, and favorite crew bars etc using google in most cases. Air crew are usually quite fun, find a bar where they hang out and go hoist a pint with them!
But since it's closed (to become McGill dorms ) the Renaissance Montreal used to have a _lot_ of crews- kinda surprising, as it was a bit East and North of the "downtown" hotels, so farther away from YUL.
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May 30, 2004 | 9:24 pm
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Originally Posted by B747-437B
I've NEVER seen a single airline's workrules that DIDN'T have a specific restriction against leaving the layover city during a scheduled layover period without notifying movement control.
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Welcome to Flyertalk, an62 The thread you have bumped is 17 years old and the information may no longer be accurate. Therefore, I am closing the thread. I suggest you scroll down to the Destinations forum and post your query in the Canada Forum.
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