Originally Posted by
OhSnapAF
I still don't understand why nobody talks about the commuting aspect at NJA. You get thrown around in the back of an airplane with a group D boarding pass more than you ever will at an airline. Between commuter clauses and CASS, your ability to commute to work is not all that painful. And you are still gone less than a 7 day tour even if you have to commute in the day before, and commute home the day after.
"I still don't understand why nobody talks about the commuting aspect at NJA." That's because nobody at NJA needs to commute. Hell, I even know a NJA pilot who lives near SJD and even that airport is an HBA. All his tours begin and end there.