How can you "high-tail it into to town"? Sounds kinda bass-ackwards.
Yes, there are a lot of overtime opportunities on a roadtrip, especially if the cluster is in full, well, whatever. If you follow the seven P’s and have an accurate description of the discrepancy, it is usually not that big of a deal.
Getting back to the original thread, two and a half years ago, during a work-to-rules job action against the company, two of our finest went on a roadtrip, fixed the airplane, got snotty with the station personnel, then went to the airport terminal bar (while on the clock) to wait for their return flight. The station turned them in, and their employment options were rapidly expanded.
If I didn’t have anything else to do in my life, I would love to be on Boeing’s AOG team. Ever see them in action?