Phil Squares, thank you for your reply.

In fact, your reply illustrates precisely a point I'd like to make.

You detail what your contract specifies regarding the type of rest accomodation (hotel) crews can use. Congratulations -- you seem to have a fine contract in that regard.

But I'm not arguing about what contracts should or shouldn't say about crew rest accomodations. Over time, contracts are mostly not a reflection of how tough the negotiators were at the table, but rather what the market would bear. I'm making the point that the only arbiter that matters -- the market -- is going to force most flight crew members (in the US, anyway) into something like a Motel 6.

Why? Well, read my previous post.