I was VERY LUCKY!!!! I have a wife and a new born. My little girl was born 3 days before my interview with SKW and I started training 4 weeks later. Ground school was 3 1/2 weeks with weekends off. They do require us to jumpseat a few times on the aircraft we will be flying so that we see things first hand. This is usually done on the weekends. After Ground I had 11 days off before Sims. Sims lasted 11 days straight and after I ended up with 5 days off before IOE (Initial Operating Experience). My second month of training was the best because I ended up with 19 days off. After IOE they allowed me 5 days to relocated, which I did not need so my wife I spent the time with our families. The entire time I was being paid. My first month at "K" FAT (Fresno, CA) I received a reserve line and never sat a day of reserve. The next month I bid 27 out of 55 lines and I have held weekends off ever since.
This is the best case scenario. I understand that I was VERY LUCKY!!!! SKW positive spaced me when I did go home and all the way through training. I don't think that there is any other airline that treats its pilots as well as SKW does. I just wish that they treated their FA with a little more respect; after all they do have the ****iest job in the airline industry.
Good luck and I hope that the beginning to your aviation career goes as smooth.