Originally Posted by
Cyio
Just taking a guess but I would think it has to do with the volume of airports, airspace and ATC we deal with. Four legs up and down California for three days straight exposes you to a lot more complexity than a one leg Boston to LAX. Not throwing shade either, just the inherent greater risk of multiple up and downs in varying sized airports. I will say though, from what I have read, AA is at least starting to have more of this type of flying as well on their NB side as the regional model falls apart some. Not sure about UA or DL thought.
DAL has been doing that flying for YEARS.
Mad Dogs pre COVID, and the 717.
Now it’s all the NB fleets, even the 757 doing 4 leg days out of ATL into FL all day (or ORF/RIC/etc……).
I mean, the bus is more comfortable than the 737, but a 4-5 leg day is still a 4-5 leg day.