Originally Posted by FNFAL

Hey sky dont forget those gems in aviation where you go to bed after everyone you know has been asleep for a few hours, and wake up before them, everyday (3 hours of sleep per night works fine after you get used to it). And your "days off" are just days when the pager didn't go off, just like your required "rest" where a trip didn't pop up and your pager didn't explode so you where "resting".

You have no idea what your loosing until you sign up. No more quiet relaxing nights at home with the wife/girlfriend (dont worry someone else will have those for you, with her . No more holidays with family or vacations. but hey with an 80% divorce rate and widespread alcoholism how could you resist. Im sure that 14-16 hours of daily conversation with the same av-freak sitting in the seat next to you will make up for a family life made entirely of sprint nights and weekends minutes. And who knows, maybe you will get some candle light time with your wife durring your 23rd furlough after the electric company uses bolt cutters to take you and your family off the "grid".