Not sure what your point here is. All pilots in all bases would theoretically get PS if it were enshrined in our PWA. So commuting or not would still be equal if that was a benefit those who chose to do it got. Commuting pilots have to have a backup and get in a set time prior. Your flawed analogy would be akin to requiring all driving pilots to have a back up ride and two hours between and all the other provisions. That would be equally silly.

Your entire point has shifted from your state’s irrelevant tax structure to a contextually flawed comparison of commuters and local pilots.

There are different benefits for reserves and line holders for many things. But their access is equal among all pilots in all bases contingent on their relative seniority. The same is true for many other areas. That is not at all the same as this.

That said, if we want to provide unlimited PS for all pilots and we chose to have that cost item in our PWA then that’s fine. That said, I doubt we will see PS commuting in the first place. However if we did, you as a local (I assume, based on the structure of your argument) would equally get that benefit if you commuted to any other base for any reason from displacement to sport bidding to chasing other BES opportunities. Many others in your state likely already do that, and they would get PS commuting as well if it were offered.