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Rubbish, companies cannot and would not 'make' anyone drive anywhere but your home base before a duty,
Sorry, but you are completely wrong here. Our airline and several others in the UK require self-positioning before flights, to other UK airports. This is usually by hire car and can be up to two and a half hours per person available to drive.
We do not have a choice about this.
Although it does count as a sector, driving across the country in rush hour leaves me a lot more tired and stressed than two hours flying in lousy weather!
The CAA SRG recently looked into pre-flight driving and slashed our company limit - which had previously been
4 hours!
Unfortunately they still place no limit at all on post-flight driving - perhaps the most dangerous part of the working day.