How likely is it that you'll have a 6am show to start your week, then get off at 10pm at the end of it? Too early to fly the morning of, too late to catch the last flight home type of situation.

Depends on the airline, base, equipment, and seniority.

More likely you'll have either am or pm trips, ie start early and end early, or start late and end late. Some places may have commutable trips (typically four-days) which start late and end early.

Start (very) early, end (very) late was the typical footprint at my last domicile. But there was a reason for that, and I didn't mind because I had a long drive on traffic-prone freeways, and I could avoid rush-hour on both ends. Also we had a trip rig so it paid more than equivalent am or pm trips.

Depends. All good until you run late and miss your flight home at the end. That's the worst feeling, and is sufficient justification for the gas cost to know my ride is waiting for me whenever I get done.

If you can't sit at home on short call RSV (2 hrs most places), in my opinion, you don't live in base.

I live in base sometimes, depending on the time of day. I almost always live in base on weekends.

Meh... It hasn’t happened yet in 3 years of commuting. If it does I’m resigned to it haha. I bid for trips that start and end around noon. It’s a pretty good way to prevent commuting issues.

the secret to commuting is not caring and being flexible. I miss some commutes home, but you know what? Them the breaks.

Sometimes I don't even feel up to sitting in the back of an airplane to get home at the end of a long day
... I can't even imagine wrapping up 5 legs then driving 2 hours. F that.

Different strokes.