Originally Posted by
blort
blah, that's a hellishly short red-eye already. The 747 is the fastest plane in UA's fleet and would just make it even shorter.
I've stepped out of the terminal before 5am more than a few times after that flight. ugh. I used to wonder if the pilots would take bribes to back off the gas a little bit or do some big loops on the way.
Amen, brother. The last one I took (this month), the pilot bragged that we were arriving early. Groan. Interestingly, that was supposed to be a 777D, and got subbed to a 777XI/XC.