Originally Posted by samc

At RAH, as a commuter, you'll sometimes see the 24 nights a month in a hotel. Here's how:

RSV starts at 0400 or 0300 in base, in almost every base.
You don't have to return on your final day of RSV till 2359.

So 30 day month = 11 days off, commute to reserve on your last day off 5 times and that's 6 nights at home. Don't forget to factor in a commute from work when you get back for trips too late to same-day commute.

However, it averages out so that on any given trip you can add one day to the total. Because usually I can either front side commute a trip when notified early (rare) or backside commute a trip when we return to base. I do frequently get the RAH special of a 6 day reserve stretch followed by 2 days off and another reserve stretch which can equal 1 night at home in 10-14 days.

Before my base closed again, while on RSV in base, or holding a line I could get 15-20 nights at home per month.

So the real question is, do you want to move to a base? If so, how stable is it? At RAH many bases are at risk, but IND and PHL are good bets. We've opened or closed several bases this year, I think maybe 4-5. We have historically opened and/or closed several bases a year for the past 10 years to.