Originally Posted by
vikingivesterled
If you start down that route you are quickly expected to do that for every layover. Cheap upfront financing for FR. And invoicing after the fact is a slow process there, where you are likely to only see maybe halve the money again due to some limit rule they will drag out. Crew fought hard for company supplied overnighting but there will be some run-in problems until control is up to scratch with a full sized for all eventualitiest list of pre-agreed and contracted suppliers around every airport.
As opposed to the more immediate danger of fatigued crew doing their duties? Would it not be more evidence of FR's shortcomings if captains were able to produce memos or emails of "no hotels available" and then receipts of him booking accomodations for his crew for that same night? Even if FR would eventually only reimburse 50% or even 0% of the cost, would these captains not be able to use this situation to their advantage within FR or even when applying to another airline?