Originally Posted by
JFS 3
There was a day back in 2022 when San Salvador had 62 murders. We didn't change hotels, but I didn't stray far from the hotel and mall area for a while. (Last year they barely had 100 in the whole country for the whole year, so it's cleaned up a lot.)
There was a murder two weeks ago in Hell's Kitchen 3 blocks from our Manhattan hotel. The healthcare CEO was murdered less than a block from our old Manhattan hotel. A guy was shot in the head at the Redondo Beach pier last year, across the street from our hotel.
Fifteen people were murdered a couple blocks from our New Orleans hotel two weeks ago.
Yet I still have no appetite to spend every layover at the field hotel.
Valid sensible response.
it’s also valid to ask if it’s safe to continue overnighting there. I don’t understand the vitriolic response this question is getting. Some people (not you JFS 3) seem to have an emotional defensive response to hearing pilots ask if it’s safe to have a layover at this hotel considering recent events. I’m all for having the discussion. I don’t want to end up laying over in an office park but I’ve had some uncomfortable moments over the years with the crazies around that area as well. Did American change their hotel or are they sticking to the place?