Why not buy a Cirrus SR22 and a hanger at the airport and park your car in your hanger for free. Ever thought about that?

Im confused what the problem is. Are you saying that AUS has no parking available? You don’t work there. You fly in and out as a passenger. Where do the passengers park? Just pay it or take an Uber and move on with your life.

Most solid advice I’ve received so far…

Do you have parking at the airport?

I have yet to see an airport that doesn’t offer parking.

Whats this hang up on employee parking. Employee parking at most airports is generally a major PIA and not worth the time and effort.

Airport employee parking companies also exist to make your life harder and more irritating. The sooner you accept that the sooner you will move on

The blue garage looks quite convenient and not overly expensive compared to other airports. The economy lot doesn’t look very far and is downright cheap these days

I understand most employee parking is inconvenient and many pilots make enough money to pay for convenience…but they still have parking. What do regional FAs do who don’t make much money? I’m not comparing my situation to them, I’m just curious…

That’s not your problem. They get dropped off curb side or Uber or move to a base.

You need to come to grips with the fact that you don’t work in AUS

Do you have parking at the airport? We both know why you’re not answering that question.

If I want to jump through endless hoops every year with forms and registrations and getting letters of permission for a car I drive everyday but is not in my name, then yes. If I choose not to jump through all those hoops, no. I choose no.

I live in a base and our CBA requires it. What our CBA doesn’t say is where that parking is located. You can argue that in some airports, particularly FLL, the employee parking is not actually at the airport. It’s in fact no where near the airport.

I commuted for many years of my career and never had employee parking available as a commuter bc I did not work at that airport

If you want to drive your car to any of our bases you will be provided your requested crappy parking. AUS is between two of them. Better get moving

You don’t work at the airport either, yet you are provided with parking. How can that be? Everyone is making that argument, while they have parking, at an airport where they don’t work 😂.

You read my mind…same with IAH. Of course I’ll figure it out and let it go, but then what’s the point of a forum? Was hoping someone would chime in with the least inconvenient option outside of just paying the daily rate. That’s what I’ll do for now. Life is hard.