Originally Posted by SlipKid

I did a long drive commute for 18 years. After (ironically), 117 changed the rules I often built 6 day blocks (typically 3+3 but occasionally 4+2). Before that changed, it was nearly impossible to do with our schedules.


I would bid 3 days with Sunday or Monday starts (not always easy without some seniority horsepower), and then ELITT 2 of them into Thurs or Friday starts, which is relatively easy to do.

I'd typically have a week to 10 days or so off between my 6 day blocks, which would FLY by. In the end, I was counting the minutes from the time I got home until I had to leave again.

While eliminating 2 commutes per month was nice, working 6 in a row absolutely sucked, and was, among other things, why I finally moved closer to domicile. My only regret was not doing it a decade sooner.