Originally Posted by
hans brinker
Just flew ANC-IAD in a 737, almost 8 block and it was a redeye, in a small cramped cockpit. Not saying I would prefer longhaul, but it often more than 5 for me.
5 was a “long” flight for our base. 4 something to the Canaries and Athens and Rhodes were the other “long” routes. Plenty for me.
it only took a few 8 or more hour flights in the Herc to remove all the “glamour” from longhaul flight in my estimation.