Originally Posted by SmoothOnTop

Because flying hand flying a B1900 for 12 legs on a Saturday is fun and that pilot loves their job. Their engines whir and hum during flight.

The jet jockeys are a miserable lot pushing buttons, wait, hand flying a constant speed climb up to 10k, whoop dee doo!!, pushing buttons until 200 feet IMC or 1000 feet VMC on arrival. Unlike their engines, the jet jockey keeps whining after shutdown.....