I’ve done my fair share of trav­el­ing and have struck up con­ver­sa­tions with pilots and other work­ers in many a mid­west­ern air­port over the years. Having spent many years dri­ving a gru­el­ing 1 plus com­mute each way, day after day, I’ve often won­dered how pilots and other air­line work­ers han­dle com­mut­ing to air­ports, and where they live when they’re not in the skies.

Having worked near O’Hare air­port for years, I can attest to the num­bers of town homes, condo com­mu­ni­ties and apart­ment com­plexes near the air­port that cater to the itin­er­ant air­port worker com­mu­nity. Let’s face it, if you’re spend­ing days or weeks at a time on duty and you live any dis­tance away, it’s prob­a­bly eas­ier to set up a tem­po­rary home close to your job than it is to endure a gru­el­ing commute.

Apparently, in Los Angeles, some pilots and work­ers have eschewed the condo/apartment rental in favor of liv­ing in  a park­ing lot near LAX, accord­ing to this L.A. Times story. As one might guess, the econ­omy has a lot to do with this.

Still, I’m not entirely sure I could put up with the noise and fumes in order to save the money. How about you? Have you ever tem­porar­ily lived some­where to be close to your job?

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