Originally Posted by
dmsdfw
That makes quite a bit of sense, because isn't that roughly how the flight numbers (even vs. odd) were assigned before they messed everything up and started using the same flight number for both directions on some flights. If so, it would return the ordering order to about what it was a year ago.
I agree completely. In the old days, odd flights were almost certainly westbound and even flights were almost always eastbound. And today, there are lots of flights using the same number for both directions.