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> Configurations are likely to change as carriers try to squeeze more money from customers. If that’s not what they were already doing, I wonder what that will
by ornornor 7y ago
> Configurations are likely to change as carriers try to squeeze more money from customers.
If that’s not what they were already doing, I wonder what that will look like.
Anyway, it’s not necessarily bad. Air travel was way too cheap considering its externalities.
I know someone who _commutes_ by plane because their office is two countries over (in Europe), they don’t want to move to the much higher COL country where the job is, and the office won’t let them be remote with the same salary. So every week twice a week, they fly. And it’s still cheaper than living next to the office. This insanity and many like it must stop, it’s so much pollution for completely stupid reasons.
- rovr138 7y agoDo they go in to the office twice a week or do they fly on Monday and leave on Friday? The part about not letting them be remote is confusing me. Where do they stay when they go in to the office?
- ornornor 7y agoThey fly on Sunday afternoon and leave on Friday after work, so they spent maybe 48h total with their family. They have an apartment rented next to the office. It’s still cheaper apparently because they bring their own food for the week to avoid spending money on it here, the kid goes to school in the other country, and the partner doesn’t work. Oh and the airport is 90 minutes away (by train thankfully) from the office.
- gambiting 7y agoIt makes total sense to me seeing as I know people who commute to London twice a week, use Airbnb from Monday to Friday and they have or rent a house elsewhere. It's still a lot cheaper than acually renting a place full time in London
- oblio 7y agoIs one of the countries Luxembourg?
- LeonM 7y agoI know someone who does that too, it is totally bonkers to me that she flies twice a week just to get to an office in a different country. She also told me (before the virus already) that she really doesn't need to be there, she could just as well do a conference call once a week.