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It'd be PITA when you have to go to the air port to get in the air plane to go to the work, then get back, __every__ day.

• keymone 7y ago
  LA to Area 51 is 25m flight and their boarding procedures are probably quite a bit more efficient compared to normal passenger flights. doesn't look too bad compared to other people's commute in LA, i imagine.
• flurdy 7y ago
  Depends if they include the commute as part of the working hours. Then it is less bad. And at least on a plane, you are guaranteed a seat! :)
• garmaine 7y ago
  Why? It's basically show up, park, walk on plane. No different than taking a commuter bus from SF to Mountain View. You'd obviously not be going through anything more than the usual security at a classified work site.
• amelius 7y ago
  Reminds me of this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6617319 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6617319 https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/11/commuting-from-barcelona-a-london-worker-who-makes-it-pay https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/11/commuting-fro...
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• alistairSH 7y ago
  The article states there is a dedicated terminal for these flights. The passengers would have to all be pre-cleared - otherwise they wouldn't be commuting to Area 51 at all. It's a short flight, so as long as the driving portion of their commute (on both ends, Area 51 isn't small) is reasonable, the total commute time could be within an acceptable range.
• joncrane 7y ago
  I think the time spent traveling is billable.
• obrajesse 7y ago
  It’s still probably less painful than the corporate shuttle from SoMa to Mountain View.