WWBD:

Flying into LAX in the evening. Have a meeting in Santa Barbara (:-::- the next morning. Do I drive up, or fly? Flying involves about an hour in LAX before the 40 min. (blocked) flight.

For the return (a.m. flight out of LAX going back east) I'd reverse whatever option I picked getting there.

Not sure what's better. Dealing with LA traffic and going on my own schedule, or sitting around LAX and dealing with the instability of those short-hop SoCal flights (UAEx).

Thoughts?