Originally Posted by
Flyhayes
Most trips are 3 and 4 days. there are some day trips and some two day trips but not all that many. In this industry you should expect to be sleeping in a hotel 15 days a month or so. If 8 days in the road is all that you can muster 121 isn't going to work for you.
15 days a month in a hotel is too much for my family. That said, for a little while that's fine as long as when I build senority, swapping/dropping flights, and getting the right schedule built, I would spend less nights away from home.
I hear you loud and clear and it's a reason I have not yet applied. That said, right now, to get my ATP and some turbine time would be huge for any future period in aviation. I won't regret not doing it in 20 years.