Originally Posted by
sled14
Yes. Nothing else you said I disagree with, we do have a long way to go to make this a career destination. Just from my experience (less than yours) the hotels don't qualify as horrible. When I think of the truly horrible hotels I've stayed at they don't compare.
We compare ourselves to our peers for payrates, no reason not to for hotels.
I think that some of our pilots say we have horrible hotels, because they are comparing us to our peer groups, in some cities we stay. The cities that have Best Westerns, Holiday Inn Expresses, etc. Some of these properties actually are very nice, like in SFO or MSP. But our peers stay at higher end hotels with 30-50% discounts at the hotel restaurants. So they don't have to be happy about a free breakfast because the full service restaurant gives them an affordable one.
We need long and short hotels. Will only come with a new contract.