Originally Posted by
CBreezy
I don't know if you realize this, but most places day turns are very limited and mostly to the most senior pilots. Besides that, I and lots of other people like spending time on the road. The international guys seem to all love their international layovers. I have places I like to go and spend time at a lot of cities we layover in.
Again, your truth is not universal. So you want to do day turns? Cool. You can have them.
What is so great about spending time on the road at this job? It's one thing to have 30+ hour layovers in fun and interesting places, but at my airline the average layover is 12-16 hours in places like ATL, BWI, DFW, etc. It gets old.
Our gravy trips with cool long layovers go more senior than day turns.
I would rather do a turn and go home if that is an option, or an easy two day, and save the longer trips for nonrev adventures.