Depends on the carrier you fly for and the schedule you bid. Not all schedules have you gone quite that much. While I DO spend more time away from home (no disputing that), my quality of life while AT home is significantly higher. When I'm home, I'm home spending quality time with the fam, not spending a day and a half of my off-time trying to recover and reboot from a week of 2:30AM flights. On the opposite side, I DO miss the flexibility. In HEMS, I worked at a base where we and our area pilots worked really well together when it came to supporting each other's desires for days off. PTO and vacation in the fixed-wing world is a bit more rigid, at least at first.