Originally Posted by techgirl

One of the reasons the crews like this route is it is scheduled as a pure "turn". They don't have to fly anywhere else. They show up at DFW around lunchtime, fly to ORD, fly back to DFW and sleep in their beds.

It's been a close group of the same senior folks flying this route for years and they know many of us who are regulars on that routing. Some of them do it M-F just like a normal "day job". The thought of actually having to fly to other cities and overnight and such definitely interferes with the lifestyles they have set up around having such a consistent routine for years.