Ok. I know there's ALOT of work that goes into putting a jetliner into the air and it's not even like I MUST talk to the pilots. It's just that I noticed an major difference between CAL pilots and pilots from other airlines, and was trying to figure out why.

As for commuting, in talking with them I noticed a good number of EWR based pilots drive to EWR. The ones I've met seem to live in eastern PA or the more rural areas of northwestern Jersey.