Originally Posted by Adlerdriver

I can understand being a little skittish about back side of the clock work. But it's really pretty easy - IF - Big IF, you can sleep reliably during the day. If you can get to a hotel at or before sunup, black out the room, earplugs and crash until the afternoon, it will be some of the easiest flying you've ever done. I got awesome sleep knowing there's no alarm clock and no chance of oversleeping. I usually slept so well that I didn't try to nap on the hub turn for fear of messing up my big sleep at the hotel.
If you set aside the time of day you're working for a moment and just look at the operation, any day flying airline pilot is working harder and longer on any given duty period. Flying 7-8 hard hours of block over multiple flights in the day isn't necessarily an easy thing just because the sun is up. Throw in the typical summer pm storms in the usual locations, ATC delays, etc. and give me a week of am hub-turns any time.
3-5 hours of block per night, shorter duty periods, less traffic, more directs. After coming from the pax world, it's a far better schedule with easier flying as long as you can rest when you need to. It's not always perfect but when things are running smoothly, it's not the grinder you seem to be worried about.