Seems to me you guys should have thought about your soon to be schedules and way of life before you signed up for your current jobs. I agree with yo daddy on this one. If you were so concerned about your family and days off and such you should have learned something else in life. I too had to make a decision as to which job to take and because i treasure my family and lifestyle over anything else, i chose the one i did. Now i might not make as much money as some of you, but my 12 days off, all of which are weekends(friday-monday), plus all holidays makes me pretty happy. Oh yeah, and i get to sleep in my bed every night too.
You are the kind of people that will never be happy... always something to bitch about, whether its how much money you make, or how you can't get more than 12 days off per month(try asking the rest of the world how they live with only 8).
It's time to grow up and join the world of the working man/woman.