Originally Posted by Ottopilot

The hope of living where you want and commuting easy with 18-20 days off per month is not too good. Maybe if you were a senior widebody FO that lives nearby. Most of the senior FO's have 20+ years in. It's a big difference from 12 days off on reserve and 6 of those days are changed by the company. They can "roll" your days off at their whim. You can't even plan stuff on your days off, because you don't know when they are! Most pilots get 737 EWR, so plan on that and hope for what you want.