Agree with all here.

The big thing for me is the time. My commute is beyond easy but it’s still a commute. I fly PMs so the first day I’m usually beat. Then the last day the commute home is just enough to finish me off where other wise I’d be enjoying a late dinner with my family.

I look at it this way;

4 trips a month, 3 hours of additional commuting time on each side ( that’s low btw but what my easy commute is). That’s 24 hours a month which is really two days.

That’s 24 days a year gone to commuting. That’s a very rosy figure too. I rarely have to spend a night but it does happen. A day lost.

That’s 24 days lost. That a lot of $$ if you convert it to work and a lot of family/hobby/fun time.

NTM the commmute dictates what kind of trips I fly. One and two day trips? Nope. 3 and 4 days. More time away. High value trips? Are they commuteable? Nope, guess I’m doing the low value trip because it’s commuteable.

Over a career or even a decade you can see what it will cost you.

Thankfully my commuting days are numbered. I can’t wait to live in base!!