Domicile reply
I guess commutting wouldnt b too bad if you lived in a city that has a hub and flies direct to your domicile. Do airlines base a certain percentage of pilots on reserve?
And I would assume that if your on reserve and have to commute, you flip the bill for your own hotel or crash pad? Hotels prolly give you a decent rate as a pilot but still it sucks to have to pay out of pocket.
For crash pads, I'd assume that's a pilot that has a home there and rents it out to other pilots to stay? That'd b a better option than hotel except for you having to pay for transportation to the Airport.
For per diems, do they start the time you go on duty until your trip or reserve week is over? Or does it stop once your off duty for the day?