Originally Posted by VSTOLG4

It's all about money. I adjust my schedule by trip trading or just dropping work days that I can make up later if I want. Sometimes I only work 10 days a month at the sacrifice of losing about 3 days of pay. I usually make it up when I can trade a good deal trip worth leaving home for or having the family join me in the hotel. Look at our hourly pay, multiply it by 1,000 to get a yearly guess. Take away 20-30% if you want to be home more often...works for me. The only counter anyone can provide is that dropping and swapping days is getting harder these days.