Bid what you want, want what you bid. Seniority is everything.

I hate to say it, but the company is making lots of money on red eyes, especially from LAX. Have you ever seen LAX terminal 5 from 9pm to midnight? Easily rivals Atlanta at peak time of day, there are pax everywhere! I'm not saying I love them, but I don't mind them once in a while. I guess it's easier when you start a west coast trip with a red eye versus east coast guys ending a trip with one. We fly them to thin markets to...IND, CMH, CVG, RDU etc and they are mostly/all full. SWA is losing money compared to delta on these routes since they don't fly red eyes (at least not yet). I am pretty sure LAX 73N has the highest percentage of domestic red eyes system wide, so when guys from other bases talk about them I take it with a grain of salt.