Furthest you’re willing to drive to base?
#31
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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.
#32
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Joined APC: Sep 2016
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That being said, CVG is a fun town. I actually prefer the Kentucky side, Covington is cheap and there’s plenty to do. Lots of cool old houses. Mainstrasse is a blast.
#35
... trying to keep awake on the way home from a long day. On the way TO work is easier. Your likely tired when flying with another pilot that will help with your alertness. On the way home in your car, you’re tired by yourself.
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.
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.
I guess a few issues could exist that I wouldn’t like. For example, I live in PHX and there aren’t any nonstops to CVG at the moment (I think DL used to do one a day, but it looks like ATI is the only one right now). Obviously that’s not ideal. So a route reduction or cut would suck. If I lived 2-3 hours from CVG and my flight was cut, then it’s a wash because the drive time is going to be the same as airport/park/security/flight/deplaning/get to the cargo terminal. Also I don’t know what time the trips start, and how early they book your arrival. If you fly 3 hours across the country and then have an hour to change into uniform and show, I guess that’s not bad. If you fly in from across the country, have 5 hours till show, and show time is midnight, that’s rough. So I think that would be the big deciding factor for me as well. Ties into your driving end fatigue comment. I guess if you had a long drive home and you’re tuckered out, maybe on can go nap in a crew room before the drive. My commute home got me in between 2300 and 0000, but I had a 4 hour flight to nap and then a quick 30 min drive home.
#36
Yes we get positive spaced to CVG, but that wasn't the point. On the other hand, most of our trips or more than half at least, on my fleet, start somewhere else, so living in base is not the real deal. It'd make more sense to live in Chicago or Tampa actually, but cost of living is a killer. Anyways, thank you all for your input.
#37
In a land of unicorns
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,469
yep. Been there, done that, 5 hours is my max, 4 isn’t pleasant but only twice a month... no big deal. Invest in a car you enjoy driving and be prepared to pop for a hotel room or find a rest stop if you’re too tired when you get back to base. Like Rick said, it’s not worth dying over.
That being said, CVG is a fun town. I actually prefer the Kentucky side, Covington is cheap and there’s plenty to do. Lots of cool old houses. Mainstrasse is a blast.
That being said, CVG is a fun town. I actually prefer the Kentucky side, Covington is cheap and there’s plenty to do. Lots of cool old houses. Mainstrasse is a blast.
#38
Second this and if you're single its a college town too. It's actually a pretty fun little gem.
#39
#40
Pre Rona, I could sit long call at home, but with the understanding that there was a window of a couple hours when if I did not get on the last plane out, I had to drive.
I would usually end up driving once or twice a year.
I may have been singing Sabaton on the drive.. A lot.
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