Originally Posted by
mroban
Um..well unless its the twilight zone, I was on the flight so it does exist. UA11 JFK-LAX 8:29PM arriving in LA 11:59pm. But yes I am certain you are correct that it doesnt exist.
Or are you saying philosophically that if a flight is less than half full it doesnt exist (kind of like a tree falling in the forest and failing to render an audible sound?).
What exactly is your point here?
I think the point might be that there are no red eyes going from east to west. I think most people think of red eyes as leaving in the evening and arriving the next morning. In this case, domestic red eyes are only west to east flights. I think of red eyes as flights where I lose a night of sleep. Going from JFK to LAX on UA still would allow me to get nearly a full night's sleep. Going the other way (UA 8, for instance, from LAX to JFK), however, means that I lose a night's sleep.