From what I hear from LAX-PHX commuters, there's a lot of them but there's a lot of flights(especially when you consider ONT, SNA, BUR as undesirable but functional backup options). No commute is ever fun or 'easy'. Worst case scenario, it's a 5 1/2 hr drive.. not a terrible backup option during spring break or something. I'd probably start out with a crash pad at first and for a new hire today tough to say if reserve in LAX would be 2 months, 3 months or 5...?