Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
I'll bite.
I've done 100 hours flying a single engine airplane into forest fires, and I've done 100 hours flying a widebody airplane...the small airplane fatigued me a whole lot more, with no time zones to go through, days-only, etc.
Widebody flying, in hotels with the chance to get up and walk around, a lav, in many cases multiple crew to allow breaks, I guess I don't see the hardship.
Most of the time it's not 100 hours anyway, but even so. In fact, most places one is hard pressed to come close.
40-65 is typical widebody flight time in the US. This has a lot to do with regulations. Time zones and circadian rhythms, hotels, etc. there’s a reason for the regulations.