Flying to AC

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I never liked the Hilton or Showboat parking garages and there are a lot of dark and somewhat limited sight areas. Ballys garage smells like urine, so I avoid that one. Usually park and feel comfortable with Caesars, Harrahs Marina, and Borgata.

 

[BJgenius007]

Thought this article might be of interest. It caught my eye because of a previous experience.

"By Alan Levin, USA TODAY
Pilots who fly passengers on private jets and charter flights lack protections against fatigue that airline pilots have and sometimes work long days with only a few hours of sleep, according to a USA TODAY review of safety reports and interviews.

The pilots have complained about being forced to work beyond the normal 14-hour daily limit because of loopholes in federal regulations, and they fear reprisal for declining to fly when they are too tired, reports filed with the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System show.

FATIGUE: New rules aim to ease pilot fatigue

"The issue of flight crew fatigue needs to finally be resolved," said one pilot report in the NASA system, which releases the information without revealing the names of people or their employers. 'Sadly, you cannot count on operators to do the right thing.'

Pilot fatigue has been one of the nation's top safety issues since the crash last year of a commuter plane near Buffalo killed 50 people. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last month unveiled a sweeping proposal to reduce airline pilots' fatigue.

But the rule will not apply to flights by corporations, charter firms or the companies that sell shares in fleets of jets for wealthy clients. In 2008, there were 11,042 such jets, federal data show.

These flights are already less tightly regulated, allowing pilots to fly more hours per day than airlines and mostly lacking protections afforded by unions.

The FAA says it plans eventually to extend the new fatigue measures to charter firms, and last week agency Administrator Randy Babbitt urged other business jet operators to adopt stricter airline rules voluntarily.

At NetJets, which has 499 aircraft that are jointly owned by its customers, fatigue is one of the top issues raised by pilots, says Mark Luthi, president of the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots. Yet the issue is "far more of a problem elsewhere" at firms that lack the protections given to NetJets' 2,600 pilots, Luthi says.

NetJets issued a statement saying that it encourages pilots who feel tired to opt out of flights.

Companies flying business aircraft have taken many steps to confront fatigue, says Steven Brown, senior vice president of the National Business Aviation Association. Often, they have tighter restrictions than federal rules, he said. The industry's top training facilities all provide pilots with measures to minimize fatigue."

I like you read something then make it your own.

 

[Automatic Monkey]

I never liked the Hilton or Showboat parking garages and there are a lot of dark and somewhat limited sight areas. Ballys garage smells like urine, so I avoid that one. Usually park and feel comfortable with Caesars, Harrahs Marina, and Borgata.

All the indoor garages in AC have the urine problem so I park in the Hilton or Showboat outside. It's a lot easier to see and evade a robber in an outdoor lot where you can move in 2 dimensions than in a garage where you can be cornered.

 

[WABJ11]

If your Plat or Diamond in the TR program just valet, its free. Or if you have a friend with that status ask him for a copy of his card, or borrow it for the time your there.

 

[moo321]

I think I can handle the $5 limit.

With the "two deaths in AC thread," I'm a bit worried about safety in AC.

Ahh, safety in AC...

In broad daylight, you should be ok anywhere on the boardwalk and in the garages.

Late at night, like after 1 am, things can get dicey on the boardwalk. There's usually a cop or two out driving on the boardwalk, waking up bums, but it's still quite isolated, and there's a lot of low lifes.

The stretches of the boardwalk between Trump Plaza and Tropicana, and between Bally's and Resorts, should probably be avoided late at night.

If you want, you can hop on a jitney, which is like $2, but you still may have a a block walk to your hotel. Also, Harrah's runs a shuttle between its properties, but this stops running, I believe around 10 pm.