Originally Posted by TouchandGo

You'll either do AMs or PM's, 2 legs or 4. Some bases do many more 4 leg days than others. Show times for AM's will be between 5:00am and 8am or so, show times for PM's or most doubles will be anywhere scattered throughout the day with PM singles being somewhere between noon and 5 pm shows. Again most of this varies base by base but those are loose averages.

If you choose a base that largely does single turns (think bases that are somewhat more extreme geographically than others) then it's not uncommon at all to spend 2 meals a day with your family. Morning guys will miss breakfast but be home for lunch and dinner, PM guys will eat breakfast and lunch then go to work... it's not bad.

As for reserve, you're either a morning (3:30 to 15:30 or 4:00/4:30 to 16:00/16:30 - varies by base) or you're a PM reserve (9 to 9, 10 to 10, etc by base)