I will be delaying upgrade by about 3 years in order to never have to commute again. Ever.

Yes, it's that horrible. Commuting to reserve is a special kind of torture. Imagine you've got a 5-day reserve block Mon-Saturday. Well, you've got to commute in on the Sunday before. Then you sit around the crash pad or expensive hotel for 5 days without flying. Just before you head to your commute flight home on Saturday afternoon, Scheduling calls and puts you on a 2-hour turn with 45 minutes block. You then miss your last commute flight home.

You finally return home a week after you left, with 45 minutes of flight time in your logbook to show for it. You then have perhaps 36 hours of time at home before going back out and doing it all over again. Ask me how I know.

There may be some exceptions. For example, I live in SFO, and I could envision commuting to a line in LAX. It's an hour-long flight and there are a zillion opportunities to get to LAX from either SFO, OAK, or SJC. But commuting to reserve? Or commuting halfway across the country? Or two-legging it? Or commuting anywhere during the winter when weather is an issue (i.e. most of the country except FL and CA)? You've just got to be a glutton for punishment.

This is a completely different job when you drive to work. When you drive to work, this is literally the easiest job it's possible to have. Commuting is a whole other ballgame.