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So the wife and I are heading down to Key Largo in May to do some diving. While doing the planning we have three options we have been comparing: flying commercial (to MIA), flying our C182 (to X51, Homestead) - both of which involve getting a rental car, or driving down. We live just south of Atlanta.
I have crunched numbers seven ways from Sunday....and it is almost double for me to fly down than it is to take Delta (I do not do sunk costs; just fuel, tie downs, etc). The flight times are almost identical, even if you take into account the leaving two hours early to get to the airport!
So now the wife is wanting to take commercial.
She is not afraid to fly (we flew to Tampa a couple of years ago), and truly supports my aviation habit (hell we live in a fly-in community, how is that for support!). However not being IFR certified (and thus risking spring fog/weather) and the fact we save almost $300 is really having her say "let us just fly the bus".
Ugh.....I feel guilty. I spend a lot of money to own a plane, we do fly places for fun and vacation, and loading up my own plane with dive gear and not worrying about paying extra for baggage, damage to gear, etc. is really nice....but paying double?
This is what I get for being married to an MBA/banker.
So am I wrong for still wanting to fly? Should I feel so guilty about leaving my plane home instead of flying ourselves?
I have crunched numbers seven ways from Sunday....and it is almost double for me to fly down than it is to take Delta (I do not do sunk costs; just fuel, tie downs, etc). The flight times are almost identical, even if you take into account the leaving two hours early to get to the airport!
So now the wife is wanting to take commercial.
Ugh.....I feel guilty. I spend a lot of money to own a plane, we do fly places for fun and vacation, and loading up my own plane with dive gear and not worrying about paying extra for baggage, damage to gear, etc. is really nice....but paying double?
This is what I get for being married to an MBA/banker.
So am I wrong for still wanting to fly? Should I feel so guilty about leaving my plane home instead of flying ourselves?