Originally Posted by
Mea25000
No AS has plenty of HI and transcontinental flying with a second leg. Nothing would change you just would have VX pilots based in SFO on the Boeing and AS guys on the bus in SEA.
Actually, Alaska has a software rule agreed to by the MEC that prevents a leg being added on to a transcon or the like after 5.7 hours of flying. This is for pairing construction, not actual flying. The idea is that it cuts down on fatigue. Maybe, but it certainly cuts down on productive trips.