Do you drive 2+ hours to work? Input needed.
07-25-2021, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by CaptYoda
There are quite a few folks driving in excess of 2 hrs to get to work because they really like where they live for a variety of reasons. It all depends on how often you are going to do this on a monthly basis. If it's only 2-3 times a month it's probably manageable with proper planning (traffic, weather, time of day, the trip you have to fly on the drive day). Tolls, hotels (if/when needed) are the cost of doing business. It's finding that work/life balance. If you are after the money, then living in base (or really close) is the only way to go. It can be the real "cash cow" and can get addictive once you become a tournament player. I know of someone who is at 250TFP this month (with vacation and all). It isn't me.
Sometimes I work hard, sometimes I don’t, I have had my share of 150+ months though because it is so easy to do living in base. It is a nice option to have when there are some bills to pay. I think living 2+ hours away will make me more of a fly my line type of flyer.
07-25-2021, 02:34 PM
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I spent a year on the Delaware beaches so mostly no I-95, but it was 2.5 hours of country roads, Bay Bridge and then traffic starting in Annapolis. I discovered I quickly turned into a fly-the-line kind of guy and PMs worked better because AMs put me in rush hour going both directions (once took me 5.5 hours to get home)! Doing the drive once per week was definitely doable though, and 3 times per month was no sweat.
07-26-2021, 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
You'd be surprised at how many guys here commute by their own airplane. I've run into a number of guys who commute to MDW, DAL, HOU, OAK using their own planes. Not sure about BWI, but it doesn't mean there aren't any.
07-26-2021, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by HwkrPlt
The one FBO at BWI is exceedingly expensive to park at. I would be surprised if there is anyone that flies their own airplane in there on a regular basis.
Most FBOs are, but deals get made.
07-26-2021, 08:46 AM
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BWI is not GA friendly in my experience. In a previous life, and without buying gas, I never got out of Signature at BWI for less than $1k. And that was in a machine with less than 12k gross weight. Landing fee, handling fee, security fee, parking fee, facility use fee, etc. They claim the MDOT imposes all the charges.
Besides, I don’t think commuting by personal plane is in the cards here.
Besides, I don’t think commuting by personal plane is in the cards here.
07-26-2021, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Coyote76
BWI is not GA friendly in my experience. In a previous life, and without buying gas, I never got out of Signature at BWI for less than $1k. And that was in a machine with less than 12k gross weight. Landing fee, handling fee, security fee, parking fee, facility use fee, etc. They claim the MDOT imposes all the charges.
Besides, I don’t think commuting by personal plane is in the cards here.
Besides, I don’t think commuting by personal plane is in the cards here.
What about Tipton just down the road? It's a 15-20 minute drive to the prison lot and having an airport car shuttling between the two might be an option.
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