Saab, your point is well taken. I love Delta, but having to scrounge a crash pad for training is not conducive to the kind of studying needed to get through the new training program. If you figure an extra sim session probably costs more than hotel rooms for a couple of pilots the savings probably doesn't work out. While I was in training a pilot's car got broken into, crash pads got hit by lightning and lost power. The neighborhoods around the airport have OLD OLD infastructure and almost every afternoon the Atlanta thunderstorms result in power interruptions. And of course 12 guys in a very small house smell, snore and get in the way like 12 guys in a very small house - nobody needs this drama in their life while trying to learn a new airplane and a new company.

Jet Blue built their own training hotels and keeps a lid on costs that way.

Delta is such a first class experience and does more for their new hires than most airlines (the new hire dinner & wing ceremony is VERY nice). You'll be happy in the crash pad - but a hotel room would probably provide a better training environment.