It's a lot different than the 1900's days. On reserve, you can expect 9 days off per bid (28 day cycle), I usually had 2 days off per week with one stretch of 3 days off during a bid. If you get crafty, you can back 3 days off at the end of a bid to 3 days off at the beginning of a bid to get 6 off in a row.

As a lineholder, you can expect anywhere between 10-16 days off. If you are a junior lineholder and have a lot of standups, you can take a huge hit on QOL. Standups, although physically 2 calendar days of work, count as one day of work here because it is one duty period, so there's a 'fake' day off. When you see your schedule, you'll see the start day of the standup as your work day and the next day off, even though you will be flying a flight that morning. Some bids with a lot of standups really only yield 5-7 physical calendar days off where you do no work, taking into account the 'fake' day off. That's something we're trying to change with the CBA, but right now, it is what it is. Once you get over the standup bump in seniority, it's not bad at all.... normal airline schedule basically from there.

There are some west coast commuters here, I would think it would be really tiring, but they seem to make it work.