Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
Had a friend miss the last flight of the night home. Saw him waiting at the gate for last flight of the night to Europe. "What are you doing here? A little vacay?" I ask. Nope. First class was wide open, cheaper than a hotel and the food is better. Buddy was gonna spend about 90 mins on the ground in Europe and turn right around come back on the first flight of the morning to commute home.
There was a mechanic at Delta many years ago who would get on an airplane on Friday after work and just start flying continuously, eating (when they had meals on most flights) and sleeping until he had to go back to work on Monday morning.