Originally Posted by
joethepilot
Lets not make this into a ****ing contest. Yes... both are trying, but I think we will all agree the time between landing and the next takeoff is the more tiring and stressful than sitting in cruise chatting with your partner. Also its a well, medically, documented fact that the increased noise and vibration in a turboprop = more fatigue. Now with that being said, every regional pilot is exposed to fatigue on a regular basis, no matter what you fly.
Exactly, not trying to play "who's better" but time in cruise flight with the FMS charting the flight is not want I would really call "tiresome."
More legs= more time low in the heat and wx, increased workload in terminal environment, taxi..wait...taxi...wait, etc.
I would rather fly 8 hours on our "long legs" (1.5 block) than 6 hours on short legs and the 8 flights it takes to do them.
Again, not a contest but it is only at cruise do I get to kick back and relax, too bad in a prop that is for only about 20 minutes.