Originally Posted by
blastboy
I do agree with most people that it might be somewhat of a burden on the rest of the crew. I just wanted to bring my bike not only to train but to absorb the country side of Belgium, Netherlands, etc... A 150 mile bike around Belgium can easily be done well within the layover time (last bike that long took me around 8hrs with a couple of stops). Anyway, I might just have to buy a bike in the country I go to the most and leave it at a friends place or the local bike shop. Thanks for the info guys! Much appreciated!
I don't know what you do for a living currently, but working as a crewmember has it's own set of unwritten rules and protocols. The first of which is to work and play well together. Your other crewmembers will just not like the fact that you're taking up extra space in the ground transport (which is usually sort of limited anyway) and some of their time, while you make multiple trips into and out of the jet, to get all your stuff.
As for buying a bike in the country that you might happen to find yourself, well, that could get expensive and might even be kind of hard to do anyway. At least at some FedEx (and I assume other airlines as well) locations, we stay out at the airport and are not that close to a normal "downtown." So just going out and buying a bike might be time consuming in and of itself. As well, at some locations you should be prepared to spend half a months salary for the bike. The value of the dollar against most other currencies is not that great anymore, but good luck anyway.