Originally Posted by
palooza
It was indicated in a c66 letter out of NYC a couple months ago that these mid-day rests were not going to happen anymore. Not sure if that has happened or not for NYC or the whole system, or what. But that's where I read about it.
Just about 100% of the LAX 73N 2 day red eye trips are built this way...9pm-midnight departure flying a transcon to the east coast (mainly TPA, MIA, MCO) day sleep then fly the 6-8pm departure back to LAX arriving about 24 hours TAFB. Productive trips (1030 CR in 24 hours) and easy for a west coast guy because of the minimal body clock hit. The mid rotation red eyes and the red eyes the NYC and ATL guys have are what sucks...landing and finishing a trip on a red eye, no thanks! I think it's very base specific. I don't mind LAX red eyes since most red eye rotations start with them and you get it out of the way early.