Well for one, I expect cleaning ladies to look everywhere and clean the whole room, given that's a part of their job description. Aren't you required to look under the wheel well for brake wear? Hydraulic leaks? I'd like to think your passengers expect you to be as thorough as the cleaning ladies of a hotel room, since you want to talk perspective.

The Clarion had its perks, and given the sheer amount of business thrown their way, they had ample opportunity among multiple complaints to police up their staff. If their staff didn't raise the bar of standard, they should have found replacements, just like the airline will if you fail to maintain YOUR standard.

As far as deployments are concerned, I've been on a few too, and your comparison of deployment living to airline training is apples to oranges. The breakfast, the bag lunches, the in house bar were nothing of expectation when I came in. Nice surprises, sure. But let's be honest, you can hitch a ride to Wal-Mary and get the same processed meat and stale bread on the cheap once a week if that's your flavor.

Part of "adulting" is finding solutions to the problems at hand, not sitting back and complaining. If you know coming into training you aren't bringing a car, make friends with someone who did. Or suck it up and drive. Uphill both ways? Leave that to the Mesa guys' list of complaints.