Henry Bevan:
I currently live in Camden, and am just completing my training to be a
pilot. There's a good chance that, upon completion, I'll be based at
Gatwick. ...

Paul Terry:
The train is going to be quicker at almost any time of the day or night
- West Hampstead to Gatwick takes an hour (or slightly more at times of
day when a change is required). I doubt if you could drive it in that
time, even at 4 in the morning ...

Yeah, but that's after you get to the station and wait up to an hour
(overnight) for the next train. And if the query I just did on the
German timetable server is representative, the service doesn't even
run overnight every day of the week.

The problem is that for any particular journey away from home, Henry
has to pick one mode (car or train) for the northbound and southbound
trips, or else he's stuck with his car in the wrong place (and I assume
a taxi is Right Out). I have to think that living nearer the airport
would be a win.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "In cyberspace, the lunatics not only run the asylum,
| but they helped build it..." --Richard Kadrey

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