Quite right, 2 night stops is excessive, if it was for no reason. If however if they were the "sweeper", then they would follow the trail. I wasn't on that trail so I don't know. What I find staggering, is that people think it's us (the crews) engineering these night stops! Really? C17 and Tri* are valuable assets at the moment, and I can't see the crew being allowed 2 nightstops just for giggles. In fact, the notion is completely laughable. It's hard enough sometimes getting min crew rest!