I'm an FO at a regional and am happily married with a 9-month old. Speaking from experience it's definitely not as easy on the family as your typical 8-5 job, however it does have some advantages. Since I'm pretty junior I usually have to work weekends, usually it's leave early on Thursday and get home mid morning on Sunday. My wife arranged her schedule to work Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri. So usually we only need a baby-sitter for a day and a half each week! With the cost of day-care this is a tremendous help, and we both get to spend lots of time with our boy. It's funny because I get to spend more time with him than I get with my wife. We also get to do stuff as a family during the week when things aren't as crowded, and the airline I work for get's discounts as most of the major amusement parks, Sea World, Disney Land, etc, and not to mention free travel. So I think you just have to look at the positives and they probably equal or make up for the negatives of the job. Good luck, in your career goals!!
