AGREED! If I came off snarky at all, it was not intentional. Just there, the other guy was a little surprised at my disgust over the place the next morning… I’ve seen this at two other particular places I’ve worked where pilots that have been beat down over 15-20 years at not so great places; Serious Stockholm syndrome over the condition of hotels they get to stay at while away from home on the companies dime.

The scarier thing about it was, the Stockholm syndrome bled over to other aspects of QOL and benefits in the work place. Hotel costs are minor and the price of doing business in the aviation industry. So if we can’t have a high standard of lodging while away from our own homes, it’s not going to fare well for the rest of the contract.