Your not wrong. The productivity of our trips has fallen off a cliff in the last few years. Possibly purposefully (a five hour day turn looks much better than a ten hour three day) I don't like short day turns and I don't like ten hour three days. When I come to work I want to work. That is what I miss. These days It just seems like coming to work is either a lot of driving to do a leisurely turn or a lot of time sitting around in the hotel. I don't like either. What I prefer is productive trips. I don't want to stay in a hotel for more than 14 hours, and I don't want to spend longer traveling to and from the airport then I would credit. High productivity means more time off. That time off is specifically why I wanted to become a pilot.

I understand who ever is in charge of schedule construction will never be able to make everyone happy, But 30+ hour layovers in Denver, Las Vegas, Chicago, Phoenix, Orlando, Dallas, Tampa, Miami, San Juan ,and Atlanta seems unnecessary.(In the past three years I have done Many 30 hour overnights in all of these cities) There is plenty of low hanging fruit to increase productivity which would be a benefit to all parties.