Pilots will generally actually fly the plane about half of the time they are in the air, sharing the other half with the First Officer. Of course, most planes have auto-pilot, but the pilots are still responsible to watch the instruments for possible problems. In the event of an emergency...
When you are deciding where to be regional for SFP, the decision will be largely impacted by your business model and size of your business. However, one recommendation that Amazon has is to put your high margin SKUs on a national Prime template (you can mix ground and air shipping to cove...