Originally Posted by
flyguy81
I get that they’ll never truly be efficient due to the nature of the beast. As a PM west coast guy, I can easily land at 2-3 am more easily than I can get up at 3 am body clock time. A red eye that lands at 2-3 am my time is nothing to me…where it might be a bigger deal to an east coast guy having to deal with working their entire night away. Which is one reason they adjusted the schedules to avoid fatigue years ago (limiting west coast based guys to far east stuff to avoid getting up at 2 am and vice versa). We’re just cogs in the wheel so our opinion doesn’t matter much unless it’s something we have a vote on.
I'm with you on that end. A PMer on the west coast getting in early east coast time doesn't amount too much if you live on the west coast. Get the required rest and then keep moving on the pairing. Your WOCL is set up already. The network is big enough to at least fill in the rigs and possibility getting above ADG. SWA is still by a wide margin a p2p carrier.