Originally Posted by
nickler
airport hotels, getting crappy (cheap) rooms above the lobby bar and right next to the 20 y.o. cabin crew room where the party goes on till 4 am, eating airport food or room service. I am home every night, sleep in my bed and bring my own food to work and eat lunch/dinner at home.
Horses for courses.
I didn't know Hilton, Best Western, Mariott have crappy (cheap) rooms. But hey, I guess nothing can get to your standards.
And once again, I'm not fanboying for Avion. They're just a company which I'm taking full advantage of. It's going to be pretty nice trying to apply to other companies with something like 1000 hours and one of my fun facts will be "I already operated in 5 out of 6 continents".
Sure not everyone likes commuting contracts, and I miss my dog and my family a lot, BUT I LIKE IT HERE. Because whenever I'm home I am on full vacation mode until the next rotation (every 2 works days gives us 1 off day).
As I said, I just find it funny that people are bashing a company that has had exponential growth the last 3 years and they are going to grow even further this year. Sure, we're contractors, but even Ryanair has contractors.
I dont mind paying something like 200€ per month to an accountant to tell me how I should present my expenses.
Sure, they cheap out on some stuff, but most of that stuff is pretty much invisible and untouchable to the crew. Don't forget that Avion supplies crew and planes, the rest is given by the client. And Avion has certain minimum demands (which are quite high) that the client must meet.
As I said, Germany hotels are all 4* and up. Super comfortable, good cleaning, great breakfast.
I'm in Chile right now, Best Western Premier and I have a nice view out of my room, daily cleaning, breakfast is great aswell, and the city is amazing to visit - Yes, because since we're here for a bunch of days, we get to see cities I've never ever planned on visiting.
In Antalya, Turkey it was a bit worse. However, everything was paid for, so if I didn't want to, I wouldn't have to spend any money living there.
The Resort was meh (it's Turkey), however the food was nutritive enough to maintain a good diet. Location could be better and the rooms were comfortable (mine was just missing a comfortable chair). People complained, and for the next season we'll have a different location.
In Mexico we're lodged in NH Monterrey La Fe in case of MTY base. Is that a cheap crappy hotel? It really doesn't look like it.
I could go on. As I said, my question to you would be, have you been in Avion and flew here or are you just spewing crap for no reason? It's not a perfect company, but from what I read I expected utter crap when I first joined, and have so far been pleasantly surprised.