매일 6시간 즐겁게 자동차와 비행기로 출퇴근하는 기계공학자 - 이런친구가 기인 아닐까.

이사나이는 분명 현대판 기인이다.  Burbank, LA의 집에서 San Francisco까지 6시간을 출퇴근에 시간을 활애한다. 

 집에서 출발하여 15분동안 자동차타고 공항에 도착, 공항에서 Security Check을 면제받고, 바로 비행기에 탑승, 직장이 있는  Oakland 공항이 있는 San Francisco까지 날아가서, 다시 공항청사 주차장에서, 밤새 충전된  Hybrid 자동차를 타고 직장까지 간다.  그의 대답이 재미있다. 비행하는동안에 아무런 방해를 받지않고, 인터넷을 통해 하고져 하는 일을 하는 재미가 있단다.  일주일에 5 일간 정기적으로 출퇴근 하기에, 공항에서도 Security Check up이 면제되고, 바로 비행기 탑승이 허용되고, 항공료금으로 월 $2,300달러를 항공사측에 지불한다고 한다.

집에서 자동차로 약 20킬로 달려, 공항에 도착하고, 다시 그곳에서 약 600킬로 비행기로 San Francisco로 날아가, 다시 그곳에 복잡한 시내 Traffic을 뚫고 직장에 도착하여 하루 일과를 시작한다.
나는 6시간을 출퇴근에 할애하면서, 내가 할수 있는일들을 그시간에 할수 있다는 능력이 있다는데 무척 자랑스럽다.

그래서 항상 다음날 출근할때는 항상 기대와 흥분으로 쌓여있다.

Curt von Badinski, a mechanical engineer and co-founder of a San Francisco-based tech company, has a six-hour daily commute from Los Angeles – most of it by plane.

Five days a week, he rises at 05:00 for the 15-minute drive to Bob Hope Burbank airport, for a 90-minute flight to Oakland, located 353 miles (568km) north west. He parks close to the departure building of Surf Air, a California-based airline that offers unlimited flights on a single-engine turboprop plane, for a monthly fee. Von Badinski pays $2,300 to take return flights from Burbank to Oakland.

Having undergone a background check, von Badinski can bypass the main terminal, skip any usual security procedures and board the plane within minutes of parking.

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Once he’s in the air, he uses his time to work free of interruptions network with other like-minded air commuters, including start-up founders and venture capitalists.

And, while von Badinski is aware that his flight comes with a significant carbon footprint, the Bay Area leg of his journey is more environmentally friendly. He keeps a plug-in hybrid vehicle at Oakland airport for the drive into San Francisco.

Such a long commute in a region where there are big discrepancies in the climate, poses additional challenges. It might be sunny in LA, but San Francisco is likely to be cooler and foggy. “The first several months that I was doing this commute, I was always caught off guard,” he says.

Von Badinski gets to the office by 08:30 and leaves by 17:00, allowing time for busy traffic on his drive back to Oakland airport to catch his return flight at 19:15. He is home in Burbank shortly after 21:00.

“The way I justify a six-hour commute is having the ability to have all the things that I want," he explains.

“I am always excited to start the day."

Filmed and edited by Alexander Polunin. Additional editing by Trevor Sochocki.

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