(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:

I was listening to Joe Dion's "Come Fly With Me" podcast, and he
mentioned professional pilot's "crash pads" in New York City. And
suddenly I'm intrigued. I'm considering taking a job at Google in New
York City, but my wife doesn't want to move, so I'm thinking what I
need is basic accomodation to crash at 3-4 nights a week while I work
12+ hours a day, then I'll come home to Rochester NY for a long
weekend, and a room full of bunk beds, half of them empty, for the
nights in NYC sounds ideal. So the question is: can non-pros take
advantage of these things, and how do I find one?


We generally stay in hotels. Some FBO's have rest bunks, but probably
your best bet if you're talking about weekends in NYC is to check for
hotels that do rooms by the week for corporations. They're empty on
weekends and very cheap. I took one years ago. It was big, an apartment,
really. Fairly handy for seeing the city and it had parking. I think it
was in a newspaper. At that time, it was less than 100 for the whole
weekend and it slept four in two seperate rooms.



Bertie