JC, I love random schedules and what FlyJsh is stating is not the norm. I average 14+ hours on overnights and 4.5+ legs a day. If you fly for Great Lakes then yes you’ll see a lot of 8 leg days. 7 & 8 leg days are not the norm at SkyWest even on our Turbo-Prop. You will have a few but they are far between. Most SKW TP 4 day trips only average 16-18 legs (pays around 20 on average) with the really high paying (22+ hours) ones topping 20 legs.

I bid a.m. trips so 90% of my trips start around 5 in the morning but I’m done by 2 or 3 in the afternoon. Plus with a.m. trips you tend to avoid most of the long delays that come as the day progresses.

There’s a bell curve for everything, on one side is the bad and the other the good. Remember that you will always here more bad than good because we all love to complain. It's not all peaches and cream but it's nowhere as bad as many make it out to be. The question is ……… do you like consistently random schedules with lots of change that have to be ran on time (LOL!)? If not then don't become an airline pilot.