citiexpress at man is VERY different than at other bases. I worked there for 8 months and finally escaped to mainline lhr where i never looked back. I clear nearly double what i took home at man and have 10 days off a month
I have friends at SOU that love it, easy domestics and you do tend to be home evrey night, lovely friendly base where everyone is really friendly
At MAN we got shafted everyday, and from speaking to freinds they still are, long tours and always operating out or other bases, roster changes by the day etc. However all the crews at man are brill, and you can have a real ball down route.
At the end of the day its what you make it, if you learn your legal limits etc and dont take any c**p off crewing you can have a fairly good work life balance.........for some of the month ;-)
p.s. you in the new uniform yet?