Lol, good one. There are guys that tell me they have never attended their child's bday or been home for xmas. These people have been at Xjet for 12 years. Kind of sad. That's mostly self induced I think though.

As far as the trip variation it depends on the time of the year and how well the airline is staffed. I can't really comment on all aircraft and all bases. But ATL 700 as an FO the days of holding all 3 day pairings is dwindling. Once the bottom of the credit window gets around 88-90hrs there has to be a couple of high credit 4 days in your schedule to meet the window. Or you get a bunch of 2 days back to back and 3 days with day lines on one end with a very inconsistent schedule.

I had a schedule with all 3 days a few months ago. Was really nice but I new it wouldn't last. Took a while to get there though.