Originally Posted by Sink r8

I don't know if I could say it that eloquently, or with the attitude, but I agree with Bacon on this point. If you want the holy grail of rotation building to be the creation of commuteable trips, by definition, you're creating trips that may not be quite optimal in other ways, for those who could start fairly early and end fairly late.

You could say that in a base with a variety of trips, this happens already, and there is a trip that fits everyone's needs. Which brings me to another point: the process of "improving" rotations cannot be a winner-takes-all proposition. It must be a proportional proposition.

If you actually were to manage to make all rotations just like 65% of the pilots ant them, you'd still hose 35%. The best outcome would be to have 65% of rotations just like the 65% want them, and 35% just like the others want them.