Originally Posted by e6bpilot

Second what flyguy said about reserve, although it is possible with reserve elitt, it’s hard to manage with 4 day reserve blocks that tend to fall over weekends. You can definitely make 10 or more days off happen, but not as easily as a line holder, where it is super easy.

I think you are going to find that being in a large pilot group and a single fleet really allows you to tweak your schedule to fit pretty much whatever you have going on. Cross country commutes and weekend reserve notwithstanding.