Originally Posted by
Lasko
You are home every nigh at some bases, but from about 8pm to 4am. I wouldn't exactly call that quality time at home. I would rather do a 4 day trip and be home for 2 full days rather then the 8 hrs when you are sleeping to recover for the next day. But thats just me, everyone has their own priorities.
At an outstations I'm 'home' 8am-5pm everyday, granted that's when most people are either working and kids are in school. Though, I'm only able to go to sleep one night a week thinking "I don't have to work tomorrow." That gets old pretty quick.