It is just a dimensions issue ... someone would say.
But for sure I belive is the same ****ty lenght...
Would you prefer :
13h duty
8h flying
4 or 5 legs which means 4/5 boarding problems, 4/5 take offs, 4/5 landings and everything else 4/5 times more problems...
Finnaly at the end of the day you have carried (on a small A320)more than 600 people (almost an A 380) every one with his own small problem to solve.
And as icing on the cake , after your 4 legs at your last daily landing you divert due a few crosswind knots and get another scenario for the next 2 hours with your 200 diverted pax without assistance and threathen your flight attendants that if they dont have any assistance they wont leave the aircraft.
And oh yes I woke up at 4.30 am and ended up at 8.30 pm ... maybe just like my ultra long collegue...
