Originally Posted by
hercretired
Day trips suck in many ways.
1. I joined this line of work to see new cities and places, AWAY from the airport. See some local sights, try a new restaurant. Not the food court of an airport, haul ass to the gate, and depart again. "Chick Fil A is near our gate, haul ass bro, I got the preflight"
2. Driving on a daily basis to/from the airport turns it into a 9 to 5 job. traffic, commute, park the car, unpark the car, shuttle van, gas, etc.
3. Four of five back to back one day trips is arguably "more labor intensive" than just a regular four day. Hop in the plane, come back 4 days later, done.
etc etc
I think 3 days are perfect, especially if you leave late on Day-1 (basically have all that morning and some of the after noon off). Those are really just 2.5 day trips
day trips suck so bad that most go super senior to commuters who buy hotels in base…. Taking them from those who want the home every night QOL.
I 100% would choose day trips. I’d rather spend the 30-40 min in my own car driving to and from the airport and sleep in my bed than 30-40 min or an hour waiting for the hotel van to not show then waiting for a taxi or Uber to get to a crappy hotel that didn’t even know we were coming…. And day trips limit exposure to reschedules and general Tom foolery.
maybe make 2-3 day trip pairings credit better so those who WANT the day trips can actually get them.
I 100% would pick a min credit day trip over a higher 12 credit 2 day every time. Why we don’t do 15hr 2 days I’ll never understand.