While I agree, it's an impossible situation.

If you asked 100 people in training, at least 75 would say they want to be next to the training center. What are the alternatives? The area by the convention center? Great, train access, but there is absolutely nothing that way but hotels. There is nothing, and I mean nothing west or south of the airport but econo-box hotels and strip malls.

Fine, how about Buckhead, Midtown or Downtown? Ok, you'll be stuck in traffic from 30 to 45 minutes heading to the hotel about 18 hours of the day. Each of those locations have their own set of problems.

The only real solution is to move training out of ATL, which will never happen. Or you could try to go to training in SLC. The northies had an awesome setup...downtown St. Paul, 20 minutes to training that was outside the normal traffic congestion, but we sold that off as soon as they remodeled it.

Disagree. Plenty of better places to put us up in. They don't seem to mind busing us from up there for a rotation report do they?

It would be a small inconvenience for pickups, but safety wise I like that trade off. Someone is going to get hurt in that area we are in now. It's not just us, the FA's are there for training as well. That's a target rich environment. What are you going to say when someone is seriously injured (or worse) walking back to the hotel from the center? Is it worth someone's health and well being to sit in a van an extra 30 mins? IDK the answer. But the areas around the training center and GO buildings have deteriorated safety wise over the years.

Does anyone know what Delta's policy is for CCW on Delta property?

What did they say?

Delta does not allow CCW on property.

I've been to Flight Safety a few times there so I know the area well.

The company needs to lean on the local government to clean up the area. They have the political muscle to make it happen. And the hotel needs to also spend the money to secure their own property. If the security guard says that its a known issue but yet the hotel does not do enough to combat it, then they might could maybe be held liable.

That's what I figured.

Not much, corporate security just asked me what happened. I asked if it was worth the time trying to get reimbursed for the damages ($2k) and he didn't laugh out loud but it was close.

The security guard stopped me one day and said that he recommended that I park out back and not park in the front parking spots. Seemed very odd to me as there is much more visibility out front, but who knows, maybe he was in on it.

Several times my sim partner and I went to Spondivits after a late simulator. Maybe we've just been lucky? It didn't seem all that bad.

A5S

If you're referring to the Hilton, the first time it was the front parking lot and the second time it was the back parking lot.

Spondivitus or the walk to it?