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Old 06-11-2014, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by toad03 View Post
Thanks to all contributors for info! Big fan first time poster... In 16 Jun class and was looking for opinions on crash pad vs hotel as far as studying conditions are concerned. Would hotel be worth the $$?
I was wondering the same thing when I got hired 26 years ago. Tried to make a hotel reservation for the duration, but fortunately the folks at the Holiday Inn laughed at me and told me nobody does that.

Set up a hotel for the first night or two, and it'll be one of the first topics everyone will be working on.

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Old 06-11-2014, 04:34 PM
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It depends a lot on the individual. If you think you would benefit from having your own room, book your own room. Its asinine to put a grand or so in one time potential savings at the top of the list of considerations at the beginning and most important part of a multi million dollar career.

I put buying your own newspaper right up there with lighting cigars with $100 bills. I'm as cheap as the next pilot and understand we're wired that way. The month or so you spend in initial training is NOT the time to focus on petty savings. No one is that amount of money away from liquidating. If you benefit from your own hotel room, get the room.
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Old 06-11-2014, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by gloopy View Post
It depends a lot on the individual. If you think you would benefit from having your own room, book your own room. Its asinine to put a grand or so in one time potential savings at the top of the list of considerations at the beginning and most important part of a multi million dollar career.

I put buying your own newspaper right up there with lighting cigars with $100 bills. I'm as cheap as the next pilot and understand we're wired that way. The month or so you spend in initial training is NOT the time to focus on petty savings. No one is that amount of money away from liquidating. If you benefit from your own hotel room, get the room.
Absolutely! Study, sleep, drink a few beers, get to know your classmates. Enjoy it.
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Old 06-11-2014, 08:38 PM
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Personally I think I would have gone 100% bonkers at the training hotel for 4 weeks. I found a room in a nice house/small crashpad owned by a 765 FO and enjoyed being able to cook healthy meals, kill some Sweetwaters with the roommates, walk in a neighborhood I didn't have to worry about getting shanked, etc. And yeah, saved about $1400 to boot. There are some good alternatives out there, just ask around, especially among the people 3-4 weeks ahead of you.

FYI: You can still come to the training hotel for free beer & wings on Weds nights!
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Old 06-11-2014, 09:19 PM
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Personally I think I would have gone 100% bonkers at the training hotel for 4 weeks. I found a room in a nice house/small crashpad owned by a 765 FO and enjoyed being able to cook healthy meals, kill some Sweetwaters with the roommates, walk in a neighborhood I didn't have to worry about getting shanked, etc. And yeah, saved about $1400 to boot. There are some good alternatives out there, just ask around, especially among the people 3-4 weeks ahead of you.

FYI: You can still come to the training hotel for free beer & wings on Weds nights!
Doesn't DAL provide a hotel during training?
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Old 06-11-2014, 09:36 PM
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Doesn't DAL provide a hotel during training?
Indoc only (first 9 days), A/C training you're on your own (unless you're one of the few 717 guys that gets sent to MIA for training).
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Old 06-12-2014, 05:15 AM
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Doesn't DAL provide a hotel during training?
Yes.....if you're training for any position except pilot.
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Old 06-12-2014, 05:28 AM
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Back in '07 I sprang for 3 weeks at the Comfort Inn for $1600. It's tax deductable. (That was where Delta put us for indoc.)

Don't go cheap. Invest in yourself and let the training be that much less stressful.
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Old 06-12-2014, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by JungleBus View Post
...unless you're one of the few 717 guys that gets sent to MIA for training
How many folks are sent to MIA?
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Old 06-12-2014, 07:01 AM
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If you are a nostalgia buff, the Delta uniform shoe was the Allen Edmonds "Jodox". You could always tell 'de bro's' on layovers. I think they still make them. I think if I were still working I would have a pair just to be secretly "cool." [Goggle the Edmonds catalog not a bad looking shoe.]
Holey smokes...those are nice shoes. The wife said "no!" I'm probably gonna buy a pair anyway just so she'll have something else to write about. Wish me luck boys...Cheers H
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