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Yesterday | 05:58 AM
#311
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Yikes. That’s insane. That’s definitely the longest I have heard of. There used to be (may still be) a BWI FA that commutes from Ghana. Flies up to IAD, sometimes via another city, rail across the region, works for a month, goes home for a month. I mean I get it, but at some point as a FA you have to hit a point where it just isn’t worth all that.
Yesterday | 07:24 AM
#312
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I dunno man, there's interesting dynamics all around the world of migrant workers who do those sorts of schedules and worse. That's what I would chalk this sort of thing up to. It's not something I'd ever want for myself, but millions of people do that sort of thing every day. I flew with a dude who met his (now) wife in China when he was working for another carrier. She is Filipino and was working as a house cleaner on an 11 month on / 1 month off schedule. They live in the equivalent of crashpads. It's not that much different than the lifestyle some FAs live.
Yesterday | 03:37 PM
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Yea, I was blown away too by the two ultra-commuters that I talked to. For the Germany CA, he based himself out of LAX because it was technically faster and easier than BWI. Lufthansa’s flight to LAX was rarely full and he got business class or First Class the majority of the time…where as the Dulles flight was often full and he still had to figure out grand transportation to BWI….so LAX was his choice and he acted like he loved it.
The FO living in the Philippines told me that everything went right it was 17 hours from his driveway to work, but he didn’t mind it: more often than not, he stacks two 6-days with the required day off in between and then has close to two weeks off back home.
Good on them for living their best life. I couldn’t do it.
The FO living in the Philippines told me that everything went right it was 17 hours from his driveway to work, but he didn’t mind it: more often than not, he stacks two 6-days with the required day off in between and then has close to two weeks off back home.
Good on them for living their best life. I couldn’t do it.
Yesterday | 04:14 PM
#314
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I dunno man, there's interesting dynamics all around the world of migrant workers who do those sorts of schedules and worse. That's what I would chalk this sort of thing up to. It's not something I'd ever want for myself, but millions of people do that sort of thing every day. I flew with a dude who met his (now) wife in China when he was working for another carrier. She is Filipino and was working as a house cleaner on an 11 month on / 1 month off schedule. They live in the equivalent of crashpads. It's not that much different than the lifestyle some FAs live.
In the developed world, though, it's rare to see. I am not throwing shade. I couldn't do the mental gymnastics to make it work, but to each their own. One man's trash. US pilot pay could probably go a long way in the PI (not that way, Zard!).
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