Mrs og used to commute 2 to 4 times a week SYD-MEL when she attended corp HQ for a certain airline that no longer exists. She flew sub load and thought arriving at the check-in counter any more than 5 minutes before "door close" was a waste of time. She left home by 06:30, usually was on the 07:00 SYD-MEL flight and got home again around 19:00 - totally stuffed. Her weekends only really started after mid day.

When she got home I'd often say "what aircraft, what seat, what class was it today etc". Her range of answers included: "it had wings and 2 engines - I think a 747?", "that bloody little jump seat up front without comfort", "threatened with the middle seat down the back in WHY but given a new boarding pass at the gate that said 1A".

As the public servant who watched all this, I can only recommend that if you do go down this path, make sure you have an escape clause built into the deal so you can get a life.