Your Longest commute......?

[ex-NWT]

Active Lima to Amsterdam, 13 hrs + in the airplane, 3 hr wait, passenger to YVR, 10 hrs, 4 hr wait,in YVR, 1 hr more to fly home, 15 min drive, HOME
A bit long, usually it takes me about 15hrs to get home or to get to work.

[co-joe]

Wow, and I thought the guy on the castrol commercial had it bad!

[pilotwhoisneverhome]

Calgary to Yangon, Myanmar. Enjoyed that short trip every 6 weeks.

[Expat]

Monday to Kabul, 1 hour flight in a MI-8 helicopter,
then Wednesday, flight to Jalalabad and Mazar in DASH-7, 3 hours,
then Thursday, drive to Termez, Uzbekistan, 3 hours in an armored car,
Then a one hour flight to Tashkent in a YAK-40,
Then on Friday morning at 0400, a four hour flight to Moscow in a TU 154,
After four hours at the airport, a 10 hour flight to Toronto in a B 767,
Then two hours hours on the ground, then a 1 hour flight to YUL.
Then a 500 kilometer (7 hours) drive home. (Saturday evening)

[Panama Jack]

Ouch, and I thought I had a rough ride in the past.

OK, my commuting history was:

Dammam, Saudi Arabia - Managua, Nicaragua (only every 10 weeks) but fortunately positive space

Toronto- Managua, Nicaragua (whenever I had more than 3 days off) and at the mercy of jumpseats and non-rev space available passes.

Happily not a commuter anymore. Live a pleasant 10 minute drive (at 50km/hr) from operations.

[flyinthebug]

CYPA-CYEV every 30 days.

[razorblade]

YWG -> YYZ : 821nm, 2.5 hrs
YYZ -> FRA : 3427nm, 8.3 hrs
FRA -> DEL : 3312nm, 8 hrs

Plus, waiting between flights, and the time loss going east.
Total time spent: 25-ish hours at an airport + 11 for the time zone = 36 hours or so?



edit: bad math.

[flaps10]

I commute from Toronto to Hong Kong monthly! Typically 15 hours or so depending on route and winds.

[Cat Driver]

My longest was Vancouver, San Fransisco, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mauritius, J-Berg....53 hours.

[ei ei owe]

Is the commute worth it? I can't imagine you'd be hard pressed to find a flying position closer to home.

I'm only asking because I've often thought of doing an overseas commute but then I'd be chasing tin and I've not really been on that kind of path. I see the time away from my wife & kid being too hard and in the end, not making the overseas flying enjoyable.

[. ._]

It takes me 10 minutes to drive to school. 14 minutes if I take the bus, and 50 minutes if I walk.

[Cat Driver]

Is the commute worth it?

Financially yes, life style no.

I can't imagine you'd be hard pressed to find a flying position closer to home.

In most countries it is no problem being able to find work in flying in the country you are a citizen of , however in Canada you have TCCA who are above the law and can and do deny Canadian citizens the right to fly in Canada so commuting over seas is the only answer in some cases.

[Youngback]

My best was 1 minute and 10 seconds. I lived across from the threshold of the runway. If I even saw one car, I was in heavy traffic.

[metalleg_man]

My longest was, Chilliwack, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Heathrow, Qatar, Bombay, Ahmedabad India......then a 3 hour drive on Indian highways, about 40 hours of travel.

[The Hammer]

My shortest, 15 seconds!
I didn't even touch solid ground (The front deck connected to the dock.)
Lived in a 2 year old trailer home, best summer of my pilot life.

[shitdisturber]

My longest was, Chilliwack, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Heathrow, Qatar, Bombay, Ahmedabad India......then a 3 hour drive on Indian highways, about 40 hours of travel.

Gee I wonder who you are. Outbound: Calgary, Frankfurt, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, then the car ride. Homeward bound: Kandla, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Newark, Denver, Calgary.

Or Outbound: Calgary, Montreal, Paris, Antananarivo, Morondava. Homeward: Morondava, Anatananarivo, Nelspruit, Johannesburg, London, Calgary.

[wallypilot]

My longest was:

Middle of the emtpy quarter in Saudi, drive a few hours to Dammam. Airline Dammam to Kuwait to Frankfurt. 10 hour wait. Frankfurt to Buenos Aires(15 hours non stop), 3 hour wait, then Buenos Aires to Santiago de Chile. 58 hours total.

the return was only about 50 hours becuase the wait in frankfurt was much less.

[robshelle]

Years ago when I was working for Borek inYRB, we had an AME come in for his 4 week rotation who had just come from the Antarctic! I can't remember how long it took him, but pole to pole! (well, almost )

Robbie Benusic
CYEG Tower

[ex-NWT]

Just half way again.
I have to do this every for every flight though.
kelowna yyc, 2 1/2 hr wait, AMS, but here 24 hrs b4 my flight, now off to KUL,
On the way back an 8 hr wait in AMS though and 3 hrs in YYC.
Is it worth it? Damn yes! Wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Only get a week at home after this one though.
Early retirement lurking around the corner. 3 more yrs!