I think a lot of the former regional guys here are confusing fatigue with burnout. Outside the few times I called in fatigued at the regionals, I was never fatigued. In fact I would argue I didn’t know what fatigue truly was. I would do 3-5 legs in extreme heat and feel flat out exhausted by the end of the day, but I’d go home and get a great night sleep.

FedEx is different. Being in a flight deck between the hours of 2a-6a is truly fatiguing. It takes every ounce of strength to stay awake, I virtually only think about getting to that layover so I can close my eyes. The only thing I can compare it too is being truly thirsty for water where you can’t think about anything but quenching your thirst. That’s how I feel on a hub turn. Far different than how I felt flying at the regionals. If a regional paid like FedEx I would gladly go back to doing 3-5 legs during the day at the regionals.