My UAL and DAL buddies fly as many red eyes as do my AA buds.

Seriously guys. If you don't want to fly red eyes, don't come to any of the Big 3, or FDX/UPS. Stay at a regional or go to SWA. Heck even Frontier, JB and Spirit fly a ton.

Do FDX/UPs guys fly more red eyes than us? I'm not sure. What I do know is that one my good buds went to FDX after his AA furlough in '93 and that's ALL he did. It got so bad he took a recall back to AA at his first chance. Maybe that's changed today, this was 25 years ago.