That argument will fall on deaf ears...if your commuting, it’s a choice. I commuted to NYC, LAX, DEN, SEA, SLC, and DTW (both flying RJs and mainline). I’ve called in honest twice in 12 years, never ever did I complain because I chose to commute. This job allows us to live where we want but commuting is part of the repercussions of that decision. That’s why they have jumpseat agreements and call in honest policies, if they are having to change status for non-revs that’s not really taking care of the problem, it’s each individual pilots choice and responsibility on how they have to get to work. Their are tools in place to help those pilots do that. But giving special treatment to a group of individuals because they CHOOSE to commute imho isn’t the right thing to do and creates divide like this thread. It’s really simple, accept responsibility for your choices in life and learn how to deal with those responsibilities. I question why decisions like this are made when there have been no issues since the regionals were instituted.

I don’t know a single airline who has a commuter policy that wouldn’t have some sort of language in their FOM that discusses if the pilot is having issues commuting repeatedly, it will become a discussion with the chief pilots office on how to better plan for that pilots commute. This to me just sounds like some kind of recruiting tactic, unless people are being that irresponsible