As was mentioned by someone else I think the bigger issue is the 12 hour cutoff. If I’ve got close to 12 hours to grab a bite to eat and wind down and get some decent sleep the last thing I want to do is waste 30 minutes each way on a drive. I don’t know of anyone that is going out and hitting the trails or seeing the sights in such a short window. The FAs have 15 I think which is too far the other way. I think 13 or 13.5 is a nice happy medium. It’d be nice to be able to work with the company on some city-specific carve outs, including the beach cities as others have mentioned.

Where this really comes into play is with the optimizer going full throttle I’ve seen many 4 day trips on the 717 where every layover is less than 13 hours. That’s just exhausting in and of itself plus depending on where your staying you’re losing a ton of previous layover time in transport.