If commuting to a base to sit reserve or fly a trip, does using a night of the 4 authorized hotels by contract count against your pay? Does it cost pilot anything as in is paycheck docked X amount of $ per night used?
When commuting is it Space available, stand by, or something else?

Also I assume you won't know which aircraft you are assigned until you get to the school house. Is that correct or can you negotiate into contract which airframe you are typed in?