Originally Posted by
robthree
I drive ~4 hours to EWR. I hate it. Somewhere around the 2-2:30 mark is where I start to lose my mind. I could probably do it for the rest of my career. Even with 0500 shows and 2345 releases effectively being red eyes on either end of the trip. But it is miserable.
Still, its much easier than driving an hour to BOS and then worrying about getting on or not. Or getting back.
I know a number of guys who drive to EWR from Boston. I’m sure it sucks but much better than a flying commute.
I live 1:30 from the nearest major airport and commute to EWR which is a 2 hr flight. On a perfect day it’s 5 hours from my house to EWR. I almost always have to go the night before and occasionally miss the last flight after getting back and end up sleeping in ops in order to catch the 0600 back to my home airport. I’ve been doing this for 6 years and I hate every minute of it. We finally decided to move to base which will be a 1+15 to EWR. I can’t wait. I’d probably rather do a 4 hr drive any day over a flying commute, even an easy one, of any distance. I hate having to factor that in 6-8 times a month.