Big freaking deal. Mildew stained showers and tile grout, disgusting carpet, sandpaper towels, and beds from big lots are not an acceptable trade just to get free beer.
The beer is there because it’s cheaper to supply than to keep the hotel up to even 3-star quality. Ridiculous!

 

Agree with this statement 100%!

 

How long can you expect to stay there.

 

Lastest* version of training footprint I got:
2 weeks in Indy - 2 weeks home - 2 weeks in Indy - 2 weeks in St. Louis - Home - IOE

So it is roughly a month total.

 

At last check, there's at least 2 weeks home after systems for sim backup delays.

 

So would that make it 2 more weeks home after week 5 and come back on week 8? I guess it's nice to have another 2 week break but it also slows down the whole training process.

 

Just heard today 10 days off after systems before even the panel trainer is available. Sims still TBD.

 

The Wingate is also terrible. Cambria was pretty nice but this was years ago. I just got so sick of brown stained towels and rooms that have stains all over the drapes and the carpets and smell horrible. There's at least two convenience stores at the intersection there in Plainfield that you can walk to and buy booze if it's so important. One year they even threw me in the Radisson over by the old terminal for recurrent. I get there and discover the A/C is out and they don't have any other rooms. Now mind you this was during a heat wave going through Indy in July. It was above 100F. RAH hotels = No bueno! By the way RAH crews were responsible for the ending of the happy hour drinks and snacks at the Staybridge in Denver several years ago. Too many alcohol related incidents. I once walked in to the lobby from the shuttle to find the CP and numerous pilots carrying on drunk and loud and displacing furniture. Also when they started putting us in that roadway motel in ABQ that always had biker rallys I literally walked in to my room to an open bottle of sexual lubricant sitting on the counter that they didn't bother to remove during housekeeping. Don't forget the Days hotel in BUF that was so bad they lost their one star Days Inn sponsorship. Or the CHQ overnight in Alexandria, LA where the only food option was the run down hospital nearby. The paltry Quality Inn in YUL, I could go on forever. That nasty place in DTW with the hot tubs in the rooms that was mostly used by prostitutes. There was a murder during training at the Comfort Inn in STL and the Pear Tree there was really not much better. There was an armed robbery of one of our crews at the Radisson in ORF. Then the drive by shooting at the SAT hotel.

 

Lol. Good points. To be fair, we do have some pretty nice hotels as well though. And I've stayed in some amazing ones. That said we're a regional. If you want better hotels downtown then hurry up and move along. I don't think the Cambria, Wyngate, and Super 8 are so terrible. Plenty of healthy food choices around and it's only two nights and all I need is a bed, shower, and as little time as possible in Indy every year.

 

The “Nice” ones are there because there’s either no other option, or there’s been enough complaining to finally change it. Regional or not, as a professional who’s spent multi-thousands of dollars on your career, it’s sad to read you’re fine with accepting 2-star quality accommodations.