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Are pilot layovers full of intrigue?
My wife and I enjoy the new prime-time soap “Pan Am,” but we noticed that the crews on the show seems to have an awful lot of time on layovers to go sightseeing and get mixed up with affairs and intrigue in foreign capitals. I know that television takes some liberties with reality, but do airline crews really have much time during layovers in, say, Paris, Madrid, London and Berlin? Sometimes, yes, though some airlines intentionally separate their crews, with pilots staying in one hotel and… (www.salon.com) 기타...
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interesting
I know at least at our airport, crew overnights consist of about 4-5 hours at the Best Western.
that's the one off of I35? Ha, we stayed there when my son's hockey team played a team in MCW.
I don't think anyone would enjoy the job nearly as much if they didn't have fun on their layovers! And separate hotels never stops people from getting together!
The pan am tv is not true.
Having worked an airport town [ full of airline people ] they enjoyed the parties.
As for the drunken UAL pilot that never made it to the AP that morning - we save some souls as well that day too.
As for the drunken UAL pilot that never made it to the AP that morning - we save some souls as well that day too.
