Originally Posted by
The Juice
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.
Ok let's see you catch the 6:45 am van, fly 3.5 to then wander an airport without a crew room for us for about 3.5 to then prep and then block 3.5 to then RUN to catch your deadhead (last flight of the day to base) that leaves 30 min after you set the brake. To finally land at your base at 9:30 pm. Oh then you get to try not to kill anyone driving the 35 minutes home after the 30 minutes it takes to get to your car to begin with....
I'd have rather done 7 legs on the Saab in a 12 hour day....