Originally Posted by Planetrain

I like my time off as does my wife and family. Whenever I chase PB days or try to roll thunder I get eye rolls from the family because I’m constantly on icrew and put myself on SC (so to speak) on my days off and days on LC. I may be technically working less, but I’m never really off. I’m like a corporate pilot chained to the pager waiting for the next call. We make plans to go out to dinner on a Friday night and I’m the weirdo loading my luggage works in the trunk, “just-in-case”. Football games are interrupted by that ARCOS phone call when I’m least expecting it. My weekend isn’t a weekend anymore. This isn’t a way I want to live my life (nor does my family). Am I doing it wrong? Where is the QOL on reserve that everyone seems to find so sacrosanct? When I was new and on reserve, reserve was at least partially liveable because we were full at 70 hours and the schedule was lowest hours out first. Now it’s morphed into a quest for 180 hours and max PB days. Where can I move my X days to torpedo RAW???? This schedule vaporizer isn’t the QOL I’m going for, guess I’ll keep bidding a line.