Originally Posted by
traveller001
I've seen the result of West Coast red-eyes and connections they provide it's not small.
I have no idea what you mean by this.
Originally Posted by
traveller001
But most importantly they recoup up to two hours of lost flying time per aircraft every single day.
About half of Southwest's aircraft would have to be used on red-eyes to recoup two hours of lost flying time per aircraft every single day. I would not expect more than a few dozen red-eye flights at the most. 30 red-eyes a day would be about 5% of their fleet, an average flight length of 5 hours that would give you 15 minutes per day of additional aircraft utilization on average, not anywhere near two hours.
Originally Posted by
traveller001
And they're actually pretty much favored by Customers flying East.
I don't believe this is true, some customers use them because they need to, but I really don't believe the are favored for domestic travel, if they were, airlines that already offer them would offer more of them and/or charge a premium for them.