Furthest you’re willing to drive to base?
10-05-2020, 12:16 PM
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Also applies to the drive home, late finishes can be dangerous if you're tired. I'll have a cup of joe at TOD to get me through the arrival and subsequent drive home. During the day I make phone calls and catch up with friends and family. That''s not an option late, so I have a spectrum of driving music... the later the drive home, the more energetic the music culminating with heavy metal and ultimately German heavy metal.
10-08-2020, 08:25 AM
#26
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I fly win a captain who is fairly senior in my base and company-wide. He drives 5 hours each way, which I think is nuts. He used to drive 2 hours to a smaller base but now drives 3 additional hours (and literally drives past his previous base). That’s always gonna be a no from me. At least on a flight across the country, you can kick back, eat, watch movies, nap. Driving is exhausting, I would rather take most jumpsests.
10-08-2020, 06:24 PM
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I'm still trying to decide where to live. Base is CVG, trips are either a 17 day block, or 2 blocks, so 2 back and forth drives per month max. Company buys a ticket to/from work, but I'd rather drive than flying as a passenger lol. How far would you guys drive with this type of schedule?.
Nashville is 4h, but that sounds like a bit too much.
Nashville is 4h, but that sounds like a bit too much.
10-08-2020, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by CRJJ
I'm still trying to decide where to live. Base is CVG, trips are either a 17 day block, or 2 blocks, so 2 back and forth drives per month max. Company buys a ticket to/from work, but I'd rather drive than flying as a passenger lol. How far would you guys drive with this type of schedule?.
Nashville is 4h, but that sounds like a bit too much.
Nashville is 4h, but that sounds like a bit too much.
Probably not a lot of traffic along that route, so I don't see why it'd be problematic
10-08-2020, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by CRJJ
I'm still trying to decide where to live. Base is CVG, trips are either a 17 day block, or 2 blocks, so 2 back and forth drives per month max. Company buys a ticket to/from work, but I'd rather drive than flying as a passenger lol. How far would you guys drive with this type of schedule?.
Nashville is 4h, but that sounds like a bit too much.
Nashville is 4h, but that sounds like a bit too much.
10-08-2020, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by CRJJ
I'm still trying to decide where to live. Base is CVG, trips are either a 17 day block, or 2 blocks, so 2 back and forth drives per month max. Company buys a ticket to/from work, but I'd rather drive than flying as a passenger lol. How far would you guys drive with this type of schedule?.
Nashville is 4h, but that sounds like a bit too much.
Nashville is 4h, but that sounds like a bit too much.
That said, if I had a flight option, I use it as often as possible. I don’t drive the 3 hours of my commute often because flying is possible most of the time.
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