Uhh, a dinner at home? Not following ya....many of our 3 day trips are 18, 19, sometimes 20 and change. Seriously, they can be had on the domestic side as well, just gotta look for them on the bid sheet. At least here in DCA.

Lemme put it this way, I'm working the same amount flying DCA 737 domestic and not commuting, then I was flying JFK 767 international with the commute. That's because the JFK-Europe trips weren't really high time, heck some were just barely over 15-16hrs. QOL is much better on the domestic side, at least here.