:yeahthatHmm, I remember doing 5am departures out of MKE and 6am departures out of GRR... we would often arrive to ORD before the AM ramp shift was "on duty", so we'd have to sit and wait for their shift to start (at 6am) to get parked. You knew it was an early day when you'd be starting your second leg and the sun wasn't up yet.
There probably still admiring our no last call system and have yet to go to bed.4:40 is the earliest we have out here flying the Canyon. I have never understand how these people get up at around 3AM to take these flights. If I'm on vacation, that is the last thing that would cross my mind.
And it paid what, 18:47 or so? But you probably got 22hrs in ABQ, so that makes up for it.My base this summer had a wonderful 4 day trip that started 4:15 am and finished day four around midnight. Nobody ever fell asleep of course.