Originally Posted by
johnrizzo2000
However, I wouldn't be surprised if EI change it to an evening departure ex JFK, as they'll gain connecting passengers travelling JFK-DUB-Europe! With the early departure, they're limited to just JFK-DUB traffic
Er... John, aren't you missing the point pretty comprehensively here?
EI already have two evening departures ex JFK which enable them to... gain connecting passengers travelling JFK-DUB-Europe! Who'd have thought it?
They are using a dedicated 757 for EI 103/102 so in principle could schedule it at any time they wanted, and they have clearly chosen to go for a daytime option to provide time-of-day choice for point-to-point passengers. Like some of the other posters here, I would be happy to choose a flight from JFK to DUB that did not (to paraphrase 'Macbeth') provoke the desire to sleep and take away the ability to do so.