(It is, of course, part of a typically-awesome thread: 10/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=755&p=9710&hilit ... 240a#p9710)
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Makes sense. RJboy flies several legs a day, in a relatively smaller area, and is therefore more in tune to the regional winds and weather. You also get to make many more landings per day than your average wide-body pilot, and may be making several landings/day at the same airport and the same general weather.
The wide-body pilot may have taken off a couple of cold fronts away, and since it's only their second landing of the month, need to think about how to deal with the wind. I have noticed pilots asking for wind checks during extremely average winds and wondered what the big deal was- especially since they are in this "huge, turbulence-immune" airliner.
Also, I'm sure you wind up focusing much more on "procedures" and "getting there" from your shorter legs, and have limited altitudes that you can choose from, since you may cruise less. Conversely, the widebody guy spends hours at cruise, and may unknowingly engage in extra turbulence-dodging since there isn't much else to keep the flight interesting in between frequency changes.
You know something, 3BS? This may be the first posting you've ever made that might possibly (on a bad enough day on the market) qualify as insightful. Maybe.