I commute and it’s the first time in my life. I’m not happy about it but I deal with it. It’s not a bad commute because I’m only an hour flight from my base with lots of flights. When you are on reserve, it sucks because of your long reserve hours, which may force you to commute in a day early or leave the following day. PM reserve is the easiest to commute in my situation but I often get stuck not making it home on my last day. Some guys have a crash pads, some stick to hotels, it’s your budget and preference, but not making it home or having to come in the evening before will happen, that’s fact. Once you get a line, life gets a lot better BUT SWA doesn’t have many commutable lines. This means you may still have to come in the night before or leave base the morning after a trip. SWA strives on maximum efficiency and there are flights at 5am and one’s that land at 1am. Pick your medicine for early shows or late. ....your saving grace is that you are gone for a few days only so you feel like you are home more, even with the commute.