Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
But would you fly it if it were a 0.5 hour flight from ATL-AGS, 6 hours behind a hotel door--never ever reducible--and the 0.5 hour flight back? Apparently that is how NWA did it for a long time and guys liked it.
That's not what the NC brought back on the 117 LOA, and why it was taken out. The company wants it as a way to mitigate widespread 30hr layovers. Me thinks if it was limited to < 1hr flights it wouldn't be a big deal, but that's not what the company wants.