Somebody a while back was critical of QRS in 5* hotels.
Quick point. Airport standby for long haul is extremely inefficient and restrictive. Time on standby has to be figured into duty hours which causes the restriction. For short haul this isn't a problem, but short haul do not operate a QRS. Hotel rest does not impact duty hours in the same way, thus it is more efficient for the company to be able to give 45mins to an individual to operate long haul. Personally I've been called for HKG and LAX recently which I could not do from an airport standby of 6 hours.
From a BALPA hotel rep during the problems with the LHR-EWR-JFK-MAN-JFK-EWR-LHR downroute accomodation debacle. BA will not pay more than £30 per night for a room because of the bulk required. The CRC is full now - where will all the extra standbys go?