Yeah, I work at SWA and am a line dog and had never heard of this even happening until I came on here. It got shut down quickly and isn't a thing. There's always somebody who slips through the interview process.
Redeyes will be at SWA. It's only a matter of time. Planning says 1-2 percent of flying. I am guessing mostly from Hawaii going east and maybe some transcons. The idea, according to network ops, is to get a second morning push available without doing what we do now, which is the punishing 4am reports to fly a short flight (ROC-BWI for example) to a base with 30 people on board. Customers, crews, and planners hate those flights. They would rather have a few more aircraft available so that a 7am flight is tenable and can make a connection. I would rather do a redeye as the last leg of a trip and sleep it off than some of the east coast flying we do on 3 consecutive days.