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Old 02-21-2009, 03:51 PM
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Over the Road truck driving and airline life bear some strong resemblances in that both take you away from home for days or even weeks at a time, put you in a strange land where you know hardly anyone at all, put you at the mercy of the local commercial establishment and make you accept accommodations that are unpredictable at best and usually poor.

The airline lifestyle has a clear advantage in this regard because you at least have a hotel room to go to with a full bathroom, usually the option of an exercise room, access to fairly good restaurants and short distances to towns, and enough space to stretch out in or take a walk. None of these things is typical of the truckstop experience. Truckstops have a communal shower, a single restaurant, your truck is your room, you have no place to exercise or walk, and they are always located far away from town.

In addition there are all these prostitutes coming around knocking on doors. If you want to take a dump in the middle of the night or get a pint of ice cream you are going to hike a quarter of a mile past 250 idling trucks. Did I mention that most truck drivers are slobs, also? No disrespect intended, but it is absolutely true. Airline life is better in many ways.
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