El Dorado

The Microtel we stay at in JAX is actually nice.

tinman1

How many microtels and guesthouse suites did you stay in at your former regional?

Harpyr

Very few, but I don't have an exact number.

Their favorite thing to do was to find where big name hotels had bought older, failing hotels, and "renovated" them. You might see a hotel brand listed that you like, but arrive to something less than desirable.

I haven't stayed in a Microtel or Guesthouse Suites here at Mesa, yet, but I haven't flown the whole system yet either. There is a difference in quality, but my 2¢ is that it's not as big as it was being made out to be.

giggity37

Yea I'm brand new to the airlines and have my head in the sand. Somehow I got 3 type ratings and 6,000+ 121 hours by magic. Your full of �� About two of the regionals you said have great hotels. I worked for two of them and we stay at alot of the same hotels! The crappy one in Pitt is a republic hotel. The people complaining about abq... Try staying at the ghetto republic hotel there. Pear tree ghetto inn was a gojet, republic, and us airways hotel. I would love nicer hotels, but don't act like everyone has it much better.

iFlyRC

Don't care what anyone says, the Guesthouse Suites in ELP is one of my favorite overnights.

iFlyRC

Out of CLT, we had crappy hotels, really crappy. The hotels in the DFW system are much better and you all need to thank your hotel committee for the work they are doing.
I am just happy that I don't have to deal with Allentown any more at that swinger motel.

Harpyr

I think you're accidentally posting in the wrong thread. You go find that thread you thought you were in, and you let'em have it! Whoever is making that argument sure sounds dumb, whatever thread that's happening in.

Harpyr

The OP you quoted wasn't making the argument you were sad about. I checked to see if anyone else was saying something like that, and they weren't. I was literally only considering others.

Your unfounded snarky statement to the OP you quoted was confusing, moreso now with your urge to consider others. That's all.

Everything you're saying about safety and regional pilots deserving better is well founded and good, so I agree and think we're on the same side in the big picture.

deltajuliet

We all want better hotels. We're in agreement. Many of us have sent compelling pictures and emails and complaints to the Hotel Committee and Mesa, but is there anything else to do? So far these actions have effected little change.

tinman1

Just complaining through API or whoever really won't do that much from what I've seen. I believe our contract says something along the lines of "the company will make prompt inquiries into complaints" but that wording suggests that they really don't have to do much. Fatigue calls and/or filing an ASAP will really rattle things up.

Can't sleep due to noise, unruly guests, changing rooms in the middle of the night, etc...? Fatigue call and file an ASAP since it is safety related. WiFi completely blows and you can't update your Jepps and company manulas for the next day? File a complaint and an ASAP, especially now that we don't have paper manuals in the aircraft anymore. Enough canceled flights due to fatigue calls and they will get serious quick. Plus anything filed through ASAP will get the FAA interested and they will follow up with the company to see what the company has done to mitigate the risk.