Originally Posted by Getoutofmygalley
I am cabin crew and I live in the region of 1 hours drive from LGW where I am based. I had my ultimate test last month when I reported for duty at mid-day for an airport standby. On report I found that I was being positioned to another base to operate a 2 sector mainland Europe flight later on that evening and then after completion of the 2 sectors was being repositioned back to LGW.
To cut a long story short, I ended up driving home after having completed a 17hour+ duty period. I actually found that when I got back to LGW (having thought I would be shattered and concerned I may not be able to drive home safely) that I was wide awake as I was running on Adrenalin and had no problems with my journey home which was at about 05:30 in the morning when the morning rush hour was starting to get under way.
If you are concerned that you might not be fit to drive home after a long duty, then you should look at getting lodgings near to the airport you are going to be based at - or alternatively become very good friends with another member of crew who might let you bunk up on their sofa
is it rare for cabin crew to share lifts or let you stay or even move in together?