We have a friend who is a network TV exec. He was also doing something similar - had family & home in CT, hopped a plane to LAX on Monday mornings and came back to CT on Friday nights, getting back to their home in CT at about 1am on Sat. morning. After about 3 years of this, his wife put the hammer down. As much as they wanted to remain living in CT, it wasn't worth it to have no dad around during the 5 school/work days of the week, and they all ended up moving to CA.
That took THREE years to figure out? LOL!
I hear ya! But in my case, no family to worry about. Made it much easier.