Commuting by helicopter
The Bottleneck Blog is pretty envious of Peter Adderton. The Orange County CEO uses a Eurocopter EC120B to fly over traffic for his daily commute from Newport to L.A.'s Westside. He and his family love their 6,000-square-foot home in Newport Coast, The Register reports, and he can apparently afford the $1.3 million for the used copter. The view during his commute can be amazing:
Door-to-door, from his Newport Coast home to his West Los Angeles office, takes about 45 minutes with most of the distance covered during a 20-minute flight. If Adderton were to drive all 54 miles – even in his new 604-horsepower Mercedes S65 AMG – the commute up the San Diego (I-405) Freeway could easily exceed two hours.
