Re:Home Is Where the Parking Lot Is [video]
by Symbiote on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:38PM
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That was after he had a child — do you know his living arrangements before you were born, or perhaps before he was married?
How often did your dad sleep away from home? That could vary a lot, some schedules must plan to return home every day, but for longer routes that's simply not possible.
[1] says "Short haul pilots for low cost airlines typically start and finish their day at their allocated base", "between 2 and 6 flights a day", but "Long haul pilots fly all over the world and can spend a lot of time away from home. Trips can last from a few days to over a week"
[1] http://www.flightdeckfriend.com/airline-pilot-job-realities
My family, and all my parent's friends (most of which were pilots or air attendants), all had what you could call normal a house with normal lives etc. etc.
By most means life was pretty much the same as anyone else.