“I’ve known a couple of people in the industry who think nothing of living remotely and commuting on a two hour flight to get to their home base for assignments. It’s much ado about nothing”
Yep my sister was a 39 year Delta / Western flight attendant whom retire in 2020. For a number of years she was based out of Atlanta but lived in San Fran. She and about 10 others split the rent on a two bedroom Atlanta apartment. Rarely were there more than 2 or 3 of the Flight attendants in town for layovers to fight over the two bedrooms. Usually the work week was 3 or 4 days. Fly home from Atlanta for a 3 or 4 day weekend. Finally she was able to transfer to LAX making life much nicer.
Exactly. A good friend here in far North Idaho lost his wife a couple years ago. She was a 35 year attendant for United and commuted from here to LA for work. They kept their place in Redondo Beach when they moved to Idaho 20 years ago, so she had a place to stay there but she always headed back to Idaho every chance she got.
When you are in the industry, your sense of distance and time really change as well as the possibilities that brings.