Originally Posted by DAL73n

While the cockpit is crowded and noisy I am getting to the point where I want to get my flying in on one Transcon leg (5 hours+) and then I'm done - that results in a 6-7 hour duty day and plenty of time to rest, eat, exercise and be ready for the next day. Multiple legs, multiple preflights, maybe an A/C change, etc. makes for a long day on the M88/717 and even the 320 because it can't always do the coast to coast (why it's based in SLC and not LAX). To each his own.