I understand, no offense intended to the pilot group or the airline, thus the 'commute' in quotes. I went through the rent a car and hotel room BS and just didn't want to put up with it. My BS tolerance was quite low that week especially to apply for a job that pays 90% less than other things I could be doing. However, it is much cheaper to get paid 90% less than it is to rent a jet for a few hundred hours.

As for CAL, one crew let me zonk out in the jumpseat on a LAX-EWR red-eye. The FAs rotated through the cockpit zonking out for a half hour at a time in the 2nd jumpseat on that trip. I don't recall if the pilots took naps, nor what flight it was, when it was, or even why I ended up there instead of in the back, but much obliged for the ride.