Originally Posted by
SebastianDesoto
Does everyone in every other line of work stay away from home 3-4 nights a week? If every other line of work is based on a 40 hour work week, their time away from home maybe 160 hours a month (maybe 200 if they are a professional). A month of 3 day trips is usually much more than that, at 250+ for a good one and 4 day trips are well into the upper 300s.
Maybe every person in every other line of work misses holidays, birthdays and other family events too.
Apples and oranges...
Of course not EVERY; but MANY MANY other jobs require travel.
Pilots seem to think they are alone in this traveling - like it was a surprise when they hired on.
If a traveling vacuum salesmen came on this forum and complained on time on the road I imagine that you would make fun of him; or at least while he took a job as a traveling vacuum salesman if he didn't like to travel or felt time away from the family was too great.
