my two cents worth. Make sure that there is an early flight as well as a late flight. My commute has a 6am there and a 11pm home. My last commute the latest was 7pm. Missed that almost every night. If you have the commuter policy don't stress yourself out. Try your best and it is in the contract for a reason. All the post about the good wife is right on. First if she is clingy what is she doing married to an airline pilot. The nice thing about being a pilot is being able to live where you want to. If the airlines made people live in base there would be no pilots.