The WTC was botched? How so?
East coast airports were needed because they were hitting east coast targets and wanted full fuel tanks. DC was missed altogether and WTC was botched.I'm almost certain that west coast targets were planned, too. Those would have required west coast planes bound for east coast destinations. The whole system was shut down before the west coast airports were really up and running.
Also, it seems that the "pilots" weren't very proficient. They would have needed daylight unless they were very good with instrument flight.
By the time it was daylight on the west coast, the system was shutting down.