Posted on 07/20/2009 2:58:40 AM PDT by Daffynition
For about 15 days a month, Alaska Airlines pilot Jim Lancaster lives in a motor home in Parking Lot B near the southernmost runway at Los Angeles International Airport.
Every four minutes, a jetliner or turboprop roars in -- 500 feet above his front door -- for a landing. The noise is so loud it forces Lancaster to pause during conversations. But he doesn't mind. Lancaster puts up with the smell of jet fuel and screaming engines to save time and money.
The 60-year-old aviator's primary residence is a cottage he shares with his wife overlooking a quiet bay off Puget Sound in Washington state. Living in Lot B while he's on duty means he doesn't have to rent a Los Angeles apartment with other pilots or spend 12 hours a day commuting to and from the Seattle area. [snip]
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
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We saw those planes across from USC yesterday. Good odds that’s the DC-8 that took me to Vietnam the first time.
can you imagine the stewardess traffic that these guys pull? fringe benefits are sweet.
Heh ...”If the trailer is a’rockin’..................”
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