RexBanner - I'm glad commuting worked for you. Your experience is very different to mine. Can I ask how it worked when you did 5 on 2 off 5 on 2 off 4 on 3 off (finishing on a late after the last flight home has left and starting back on a 0600 report back on day one).
Manta time I'd get just one clear day at home. Then it's back to work for 5 four sectors on the bounce, several of which were on minimum rest. At one point I was unable to get home for 3.5 weeks as it simply wasn't worth it coming home.
I did have a few blocks of four days off but this was very much the exception.
FRV commuting is not a life. It certainly isn't sustainable.