9E hotels getting more super!

[Fubijaakr]

Life's GREAT at Super 8!

 

[RJLoser]

Okay, so there is only so much negotiating capital. Would you rather they spent it on work rules, pay rates, or hotels? Keep in mind that hotels can be changed without the contract by writing up issues we have with the ones we are in.

Completely agree.

 

[silver02ex]

This can't be as bad as "The Lodge" in MLI is it. Every time I go there, and look out the window I'm expecting to see a couple of Knights go at it.

 

[General Lee]

Okay, so there is only so much negotiating capital. Would you rather they spent it on work rules, pay rates, or hotels? Keep in mind that hotels can be changed without the contract by writing up issues we have with the ones we are in.

You can ALWAYS GET A DATE at the SUPER 8! (Ask Flyer1015, he knows)


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[RJLoser]

We just lost the TVC hotel.

 

[Flyer1015]

You can ALWAYS GET A DATE at the SUPER 8! (Ask Flyer1015, he knows)


Bye Bye---General Lee

Dude, I already apologized about shagging your wife at the Super 8! I didn't know, okay?

 

[altimaklr]

Probably got the wrong guy, then Gen bid over to the A330 so he could have BKK layovers to be closer to his ladyboys..

 

[Fubijaakr]

Life's GREAT at Super 8!

 

[brokeflyer]

shut up and be glad you got a job. You expect the union to negotiate a 5 star hilton for you? the company cant afford that and you put everyone's job at risk by having the union ask for everything under the sun. Suppose you want a raise and work less days too right?

 

[Fubijaakr]

shut up and be glad you got a job. You expect the union to negotiate a 5 star hilton for you? the company cant afford that and you put everyone's job at risk by having the union ask for everything under the sun. Suppose you want a raise and work less days too right?

This mentality is exactly why you're staying at Super 8.

 

[General Lee]

Probably got the wrong guy, then Gen bid over to the A330 so he could have BKK layovers to be closer to his ladyboys..

Nah, still senior here in ATL on the 767. Flyguy1015 can have Hibbing or wherever, especially since he busted the interview in the Desert. And that wasn't my wife, but his own sister and Mom tag teaming in the dark. He loved it.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[RJLoser]

You are a strange man.

 

[General Lee]

You are a strange man.

That's what YOUR Mom said.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[brokeflyer]

calm down kids....its hard to type sarcasm...gimme a break

 

[Fubijaakr]

calm down kids....its hard to type sarcasm...gimme a break

That's what emoticons are good for.

 

[altimaklr]

Mesaba and Colgan guys.... who think our hotels are just fine... Please take a look at the 9E bid packs and see what hotels you have in store. If you think 9E will keep your good ones, ask a union rep! Take a look at BWI/BDL/DTW/YUL/BUF to get an idea of what you have to look forward to.

 

[Northern Lights]

Unfortunately there is not much of a choice of hotels on the Iron Range. This town only has two hotels. The next choice is to drive 20 miles and then the nicest option you have is only a Holiday Inn Express.

 

[PCL_128]

I guess I don't understand what kind of language you could put in a contract. A minimum "star" level?

It's actually pretty simple. At AirTran, we negotiated language that required every hotel to be at least a Hotel & Travel Index (HTI) Level 5. HTI is a third party travel rating agency, so the company can't influence their ratings, and HTI 5 eliminated all of the crappy places like the Super 8, the Days Inn, the Comfort Inn, etc. When you combine it with a requirement to have at least two food options within 1/4 mile, it pretty much knocks out any hotel that doesn't have a nice on-site restaurant, which means you're usually in a Hilton, Marriott, Renaissance, etc. We still get stuck with a few places that aren't great, but they aren't horrible like we used to have.

 

[bri5150]

It's actually pretty simple. At AirTran, we negotiated language that required every hotel to be at least a Hotel & Travel Index (HTI) Level 5. HTI is a third party travel rating agency, so the company can't influence their ratings, and HTI 5 eliminated all of the crappy places like the Super 8, the Days Inn, the Comfort Inn, etc. When you combine it with a requirement to have at least two food options within 1/4 mile, it pretty much knocks out any hotel that doesn't have a nice on-site restaurant, which means you're usually in a Hilton, Marriott, Renaissance, etc. We still get stuck with a few places that aren't great, but they aren't horrible like we used to have.

Gotcha. So what happens when there are no hotels in the city that meet those requirements? I suppose there could be a clause that addresses that.

 

[Fubijaakr]

Gotcha. So what happens when there are no hotels in the city that meet those requirements? I suppose there could be a clause that addresses that.

Or you don't overnight crews there.