Re: morning turns

I find doing turns Tues-Thurs all 4 weeks of a pay period less exhausting than doing Tues-Fri turns three weeks, with a full week off. That fourth turn lays on the hate exponentially (for me).

I go to bed at 7pm and generally get 5.5-7 hours of sleep prior to the alarm going off. The cumulative deficit (for me) is less than doing a week of hub turns. Typically home by noon and have time to work out, do home projects, run errands, etc. before the kids get home.

When I do my last turn of the week, I stay up until maybe 9pm and nurse a glass of Woodford prior to crashing out for 9hr+ and then the following day I feel fine. Sliding sleep 4-5 hours forward and back has been more manageable for me than flipping to pure nights.

With a bit of seniority, most fleets have enough diversity of flying for people to find the niche that works for them and this is reflected (at least post-OCV) in pilots bidding the same type of flying bid after bid.