I am going to look at something else and will likely ask for a long term LOA so I can get the heck out of this place for a while. I can't think of anything more miserable than commuting to Anchorage for the next few years at half pay.

I can see myself looking in the mirror one day and realizing that I missed all my kids birthdays and ball games while I sat in a crashpad in Alaska or on some stinkin jet for 37.5 hours of pay for the month!

It sucks the life out of you here.