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In a 30 year career I commuted for about 6 months. It was the EASIEST commute in the world Chicago-Detroit. One leg, less than an hour and, this was in the 90's when load factors were rarely above 70%. There were at least 18-20 flights/day, on 3 airlines, and that was just between MDW and DTW, let alone ORD.
IT SUCKED.
Here's the Reality for a 3 day trip:
> 2 Days before Day One - Stressing out checking loads/listing and planning. OOPs..looks bad. Better go late tomorrow and head to the crash pad. Sh!t.
> Day 1 - Work
> Day 2 - Start looking at loads/listing/planning/stressing out about getting Home tomorrow.
> Day 3 - Well...It all worked out. Great. Home. (OR..SURPRISE !...Maybe not. There goes another day. )
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4 Days Off
Day 1 - Relax.
Day 2 - Start looking at loads. OOOhhh...Lil' Stress there. Ignore it.
Day 3 - Start looking at loads/listing/stressing etc.
Day 4 - Damn. Time to leave - You will NEVER make your Showtime on Day 1 of work. Crash pad appreciation Night...Again.
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Get it?
Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
OR
Get up, drive to work, go away for a few days and come home.
Better yet, bid Turn Lines and be home EVERY night. Don't even bother to pack a bag..Throw a shirt and some socks/underwear in your flight kit just in case if you like.
You choose...It's not one size fits all.
I'm jus' sayin'.
Have Fun.
Stimpson
You explained the predicament perfectly.. I commuted for a total of 8 months. One was an easy one with a city pair less than an hour away. The other was cross country. The good thing about the cross country one was there were flights every hour on mainline jets. Almost always a seat available. The one hour commute was bad, had to be on the jumpseat many times. I also had maintenance issues a few times as well forcing me to not make the showtime. Originally Posted by Stimpy the Kat
Commuting Life = OxymoronIn a 30 year career I commuted for about 6 months. It was the EASIEST commute in the world Chicago-Detroit. One leg, less than an hour and, this was in the 90's when load factors were rarely above 70%. There were at least 18-20 flights/day, on 3 airlines, and that was just between MDW and DTW, let alone ORD.
IT SUCKED.
Here's the Reality for a 3 day trip:
> 2 Days before Day One - Stressing out checking loads/listing and planning. OOPs..looks bad. Better go late tomorrow and head to the crash pad. Sh!t.
> Day 1 - Work
> Day 2 - Start looking at loads/listing/planning/stressing out about getting Home tomorrow.
> Day 3 - Well...It all worked out. Great. Home. (OR..SURPRISE !...Maybe not. There goes another day. )
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4 Days Off
Day 1 - Relax.
Day 2 - Start looking at loads. OOOhhh...Lil' Stress there. Ignore it.
Day 3 - Start looking at loads/listing/stressing etc.
Day 4 - Damn. Time to leave - You will NEVER make your Showtime on Day 1 of work. Crash pad appreciation Night...Again.
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Get it?
Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
OR
Get up, drive to work, go away for a few days and come home.
Better yet, bid Turn Lines and be home EVERY night. Don't even bother to pack a bag..Throw a shirt and some socks/underwear in your flight kit just in case if you like.
You choose...It's not one size fits all.
I'm jus' sayin'.
Have Fun.
Stimpson
The ONLY reason why I did it was because I was single. I mean I was never home. I have no idea how or why these guys with families do it. There’s so much stress involved and you’d really have to not like your family to be able to rinse and repeat the lifestyle. We haven’t even talked about crash pads either. That’s a doozie. Bunked up. I guess it takes a certain kind of person to pull it off, if you are sick or you wife and kids, commuting might be a blessing.