Originally Posted by
RonnyK320
I like them. I don't want to stay by the airport, an extra 30 minutes in a van so there are 100's of things to do on a layover is worth it to me. What else are you going to do? Sit in your hotel room? Sit in a van, sit in a room, what's the difference? We need to get out of the LGA hotel immediately, the contract says we should be in Manhattan, I can't understand why we aren't there. I personally think we need a new hotel committee, and I have stressed that to the reps many times.
The way I look at it, we are a major airline. We should look at where the other major airlines stay, and stay with them. We're flying the same airplanes, we should stay at the same hotels, and we should certainly get the same pay.
RK
I certainly understand your point of view. I don't particularly want to stay by the airport either but why drive out to long beach when Santa Monica is right there? Why drive to the galleria in Houston when the woodlands has the same amenities in half the distance or the intercontinental in dfw or Livonia in dtw? This goes back to an arbitration on what the definition of "metropolitan area" is. That's what I was told. On top of that you have to find a hotel that wants our business because not all do.
All said, I would rather sit in the hotel than sit in the van getting car sick in bumper to bumper traffic on a 13:45 overnight that then requires me to leave the hotel an hour prior to show. I just want a nice 4 diamond or better hotel with a few decent eaterys in walking distance and/or a 50% discount in the restaurant. After three squares a day I'm over my $50 in per diem so there's really nothing left for "things to do" like you mentioned. I'm at work, not here to go out and burn extra money playing. That's fine for anyone that wants to do that but it's not me. Besides, over a 30 year career, how many times can you actually see the sites in NYC, SFO, etc before it's been there done that.