PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Viability of flying to work - opinions please
Old 13th Sep 2013, 09:51
  #6 (permalink)  
Mach E Avelli
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: All at sea
Posts: 2,197
Received 168 Likes on 106 Posts
By the time you get a weather forecast (to be sure it will remain good enough to return home), then wheel the Cessna out of the hangar, or untie it, pre-flight it, start and warm up, run-up, fly, tie down at the other end and do the whole thing in reverse after work, you may find that this 20 mile flight actually takes an hour of your time. So, figure two hours a day travel time in a relatively stress free environment versus whatever it takes by road.
If you own the aircraft, the cost of such a daily commute would be almost incidental because you have fixed costs like your hangarage, insurance and annual inspection anyway, and your actual flight time spread over a year won't amount to much of a hit on engine overhaul time.
Using it daily will actually be good for it.

What price having some daily fun? Do it and enjoy.
Mach E Avelli is offline