Skyview 6
Skyview 6
10-20-2023, 02:32 AM
#2
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Joined APC: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,951
most likely yes, but not necessarily. I hear the facility is great. Gym incredible, crap hours though. Food is ok if not limited. The company food hall isnt that far away I think
10-20-2023, 04:52 AM
#3
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Joined APC: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,083
The good:
Brand new. Very nice.
walking to the sim is excellent
Best gym ive ever seen
It's not the atrium
The bad:
Food. Most of the food is pretty good but the options are limited. Especially in the evening.
No less than a billion 20-23yr olds running around. It's refreshing to see their enthusiasm and I hope it translates on the line but it can seem crowded at times particularly in the bar area. The bar is the only spot you have much of a choice on what you eat.
Internet monitored by company
Cannot have guests in room(wife/husband/partner)
Cannot have alcohol in room
Wearing your ID to go down to the bar for a beer and sandwich, or to the pool, or to the gym.....and everywhere else........ gets old pretty quick.
Lots of banter out there about it being a "gulag" or whatever is mostly exaggerated. That said; in the future I wont stay there for anything longer than CQT. The food options are too limited. Renting a car(free parking at hotel) is more or less required for any longer stay.
10-20-2023, 06:07 AM
#4
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Joined APC: Aug 2016
Posts: 307
Skyview 6 will be assigned for your 2-week indoc training. It's an option for your 1-month ground training but normally only assigned if you request it. Standard for ground training is a full suite hotel nearby.
The place is a palace. Rooms are comfortable if small and the thermostat actually works. The gym will make you think you work for the NFL (seriously!) It's jaw-dropping. It has a mini football field with weighted sleds you can push even. Dozens of bikes and treadmills. Free weights and cybex machines. Classes: yoga, spinning, and more. Limited hours is correct. Current info says 6 am-9 pm weekdays, 6 am-3 pm weekends.
If you're into fitness it's also worth mentioning the Skyview has a basketball court (alternates basketball and pickleball setup every other day), volleyball and multiple walking/running trails all over. Bikes you can grab as well.
Since I have my flyer next to me, the Compass dining room (in Skyview 6) breakfast hours are 6-9:30 am, Lunch 10:30-1:30 pm, dinner 4 pm-8 pm. It's a one- price cafeteria, roughly $9 for breakfast and $13 for lunch/dinner. This includes an entree, two sides and a drink. Omelette bar for breakfast as well as scrambled eggs, fruit, yogurt, oatmeal, coffee (don't bother with the cafe in the lobby, coffee is included with breakfast). Lunch will be a couple of entree and side choices and a salad bar. Honestly I thought the food choices were quite good. It can be crowded at breakfast. Additionally there are grab-and-go snacks in the lobby such as sandwiches, fruit, yogurt, carrots and hummus, breakfast burritos, snacks and even decent sushi.
The Tavern is a nice bar-restaurant open for dinner, though it's much pricier and drinks tend to be slow (never staffed enough!). Good food though!
Hope this helps. I know several folks that don't care to cook and requested the Skyview for the month long ground training. Others who need to drink beer in their room and/or cook prefer the suite hotel.
The place is a palace. Rooms are comfortable if small and the thermostat actually works. The gym will make you think you work for the NFL (seriously!) It's jaw-dropping. It has a mini football field with weighted sleds you can push even. Dozens of bikes and treadmills. Free weights and cybex machines. Classes: yoga, spinning, and more. Limited hours is correct. Current info says 6 am-9 pm weekdays, 6 am-3 pm weekends.
If you're into fitness it's also worth mentioning the Skyview has a basketball court (alternates basketball and pickleball setup every other day), volleyball and multiple walking/running trails all over. Bikes you can grab as well.
Since I have my flyer next to me, the Compass dining room (in Skyview 6) breakfast hours are 6-9:30 am, Lunch 10:30-1:30 pm, dinner 4 pm-8 pm. It's a one- price cafeteria, roughly $9 for breakfast and $13 for lunch/dinner. This includes an entree, two sides and a drink. Omelette bar for breakfast as well as scrambled eggs, fruit, yogurt, oatmeal, coffee (don't bother with the cafe in the lobby, coffee is included with breakfast). Lunch will be a couple of entree and side choices and a salad bar. Honestly I thought the food choices were quite good. It can be crowded at breakfast. Additionally there are grab-and-go snacks in the lobby such as sandwiches, fruit, yogurt, carrots and hummus, breakfast burritos, snacks and even decent sushi.
The Tavern is a nice bar-restaurant open for dinner, though it's much pricier and drinks tend to be slow (never staffed enough!). Good food though!
Hope this helps. I know several folks that don't care to cook and requested the Skyview for the month long ground training. Others who need to drink beer in their room and/or cook prefer the suite hotel.
Last edited by FlyinCat; 10-20-2023 at 06:08 AM. Reason: Added info
10-20-2023, 07:42 PM
#7
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Joined APC: Mar 2016
Posts: 38
I don't know if you stay there during initial. I THINK you do.
The good:
Brand new. Very nice.
walking to the sim is excellent
Best gym ive ever seen
It's not the atrium
The bad:
Food. Most of the food is pretty good but the options are limited. Especially in the evening.
No less than a billion 20-23yr olds running around. It's refreshing to see their enthusiasm and I hope it translates on the line but it can seem crowded at times particularly in the bar area. The bar is the only spot you have much of a choice on what you eat.
Internet monitored by company
Cannot have guests in room(wife/husband/partner)
Cannot have alcohol in room
Wearing your ID to go down to the bar for a beer and sandwich, or to the pool, or to the gym.....and everywhere else........ gets old pretty quick.
Lots of banter out there about it being a "gulag" or whatever is mostly exaggerated. That said; in the future I wont stay there for anything longer than CQT. The food options are too limited. Renting a car(free parking at hotel) is more or less required for any longer stay.
The good:
Brand new. Very nice.
walking to the sim is excellent
Best gym ive ever seen
It's not the atrium
The bad:
Food. Most of the food is pretty good but the options are limited. Especially in the evening.
No less than a billion 20-23yr olds running around. It's refreshing to see their enthusiasm and I hope it translates on the line but it can seem crowded at times particularly in the bar area. The bar is the only spot you have much of a choice on what you eat.
Internet monitored by company
Cannot have guests in room(wife/husband/partner)
Cannot have alcohol in room
Wearing your ID to go down to the bar for a beer and sandwich, or to the pool, or to the gym.....and everywhere else........ gets old pretty quick.
Lots of banter out there about it being a "gulag" or whatever is mostly exaggerated. That said; in the future I wont stay there for anything longer than CQT. The food options are too limited. Renting a car(free parking at hotel) is more or less required for any longer stay.
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