Originally Posted by
HeavyHauler
On the other hand, at Atlas, you can get enough days off in a row to actually do things at home and you can get full weekends off here and there whereas, it might be years before you can do that at a major. That's worth some of that extra pay right there in my book. Just for perspective's sake.
This. This. This. Just came off of 17 days off. Out for 13. Home for 6. Out for another 9 or 10. Home for last 10.
When I'm home, I do things like take the kids to DisneyWorld, not putz around the kitchen checking loads for the commute to the next trip that starts in Atlanta in 3 days..... YMMV.