Aging and commuting
09-11-2017, 02:50 AM
#42
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Originally Posted by Regularguy
The real problem with commuting is it this, it eats up time that one could be at home.
Consider the best commutes require a 1+ hour drive to the airport, park your car, ride for 1-3 hours in an airplane, and arrive 3 hours before departure time.
At the other end about 1 hour from block in to connecting commute home and reverse the drive to your door step.
The end result is a minimum of 4-5 hours of time from home to work and reverse.
Now include hotels the night before, sitting reserve, eating out, the stress of someone senior to you getting the jump seats and more.
So do us old guys suffer? Yep and so does everyone else.
Consider the best commutes require a 1+ hour drive to the airport, park your car, ride for 1-3 hours in an airplane, and arrive 3 hours before departure time.
At the other end about 1 hour from block in to connecting commute home and reverse the drive to your door step.
The end result is a minimum of 4-5 hours of time from home to work and reverse.
Now include hotels the night before, sitting reserve, eating out, the stress of someone senior to you getting the jump seats and more.
So do us old guys suffer? Yep and so does everyone else.
09-11-2017, 05:00 AM
#43
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Had a jumpseater last night hub to hub. 63 years old, lives in a great hub but commutes 4 hrs to another for a seat. Says they're always in the Jumpseat of a 73. Eyeballing them 60-80 pounds overweight and looks unkempt. No thanks. I don't get it. At all...especially considering they'd be very senior in a narrowbody seat and work from home.
09-11-2017, 07:50 AM
#44
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Originally Posted by hilltopper89
had a jumpseater last night hub to hub. 63 years old, lives in a great hub but commutes 4 hrs to another for a seat. Says they're always in the jumpseat of a 73. Eyeballing them 60-80 pounds overweight and looks unkempt. No thanks. I don't get it. At all...especially considering they'd be very senior in a narrowbody seat and work from home.
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09-11-2017, 09:09 AM
#47
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Originally Posted by badflaps
Very few commuters before J/S agreements.
09-11-2017, 10:18 AM
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EAL had some champion commuters long before J/S rules. Bill A from SYD-NYC was the leader, but lots of Bermuda, Europe, and domestic guys and gals (F/As, mostly). It was much easier when the average load factor was in the 50-60% range, too.
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09-11-2017, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by azdryheat
Not sure where you heard that. There have always been a lot of commuters. Jumpseats helped spread them out a little more and made buying ID90's/full fare tickets a thing of the past. In the olden days, not that many flights went out completely full, so even offline you could get on standby.
09-17-2017, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by badflaps
I was sorta there. ORD, MIA, ATL, BOS, DFW... People actually liked living in those burgs.
