I hear this all the time, and for the life of me I cannot figure out what pilot would rather commute to the northeast just to avoid LIM and UIO...? JFK-POS any better? all the 3 day 10 hour trips suck. I'd still rather be home based. If only I could have back all my lost days spent commuting....

oh and add about 6 months to whatever training dept tells you. i can't believe some of the blue juice I've heard from friends in training.