Necessary, and no kids. If I am lucky, I get to spend 3-4days/mo with my spouse. Spouse lives in SFO and I fly out out of EWR to visit. The redeye gives me one extra day with them and I fly J. Not great since flight is 4.5 hours long, but as long as connections are good and I can get to the office relatively smoothly, I don' t crash until abt 3:30. A light afternoon dinner and in bed by 8:30 gets me back ontrack for the rest of the week. It works for now but look forward to being on the same coast some day.