I really don't like MATs. Even with an initial turnpoint and a steering turnpoint at the end of the task, it entails a bunch of heads down time. It is the only task where I have to look at the sky, determine where to fly, look down at my paper map (hopefully available easily and folded properly) and then look down to re-program my flight computer.

The Long MAT reduces the head down time significantly but it's still more than a TAT with big circles (which is the option on a weather variable day).

As always, YMMV.

Lou