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I always found the trip home after the first night harder than that after nights 2 or 3 (when your body had somewhat adjusted to it).
On more than one occasion, I was literally asleep at the wheel. My choice to do it, but not really fair on the people coming the other way on the road!
This was probably the main reason I chose to leave what was a good job, with good people at a really good, orange airline.
During my time there, however, we were lucky that breaks at night were the norm, even if only for an hour. Don't know if it's still the case.
TWJ