Originally Posted by
letsfly
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Being a AF cargo guy I am no stranger to flying long trips at night. I'd probably say at least half of my military flying has been at night, and I have to say when I get home from a trip at least the next day and most of the time to following day too is pretty rough. At the same time doing 6 legs in one fly period, which I have never done, seems pretty rough to.
Your Frame of refrence is a tad skewed on what it takes to get a flight ready coming from the Air Force. rest assured a Airline Preflight takes no longer than an hour from showing up to the desk to pushing back from the gates, and in most case about half that. And the Thru flights, esp SWA are less than 15 minutes. That being said, I still wouldn't trade my one leg day LAX- hotel -MEM 3-4 times a month sitting reserve in domicile.
The Airforce 3 hour preflight will seem silly and redundant, which it is.