Honestly I'd rather do 10 flights per day to Amsterdam than 8 individual flights to awesome international layover cities. I go to work to make money as efficiently as possible. I'll travel the world on my days off and go to places that I actually want to go. So I take any increase to our flying as a victory, even if the variety decreases!
And no, I don't wear New Balance sneakers. Nor do I have an affinity for Irish bars or Applebee's