[quote=ChickenFlight;608685]Airlines benefit from commuters just as much as pilots do. Commuters (such as I) have more motivation to make sure overnight legs do not cancel, to keep on schedule and to get weight restrictions lifted. (Though the last example is more an issue for the regional forum, it makes sense that we might be able to get a few revenue pax on in addition to our fellow commuters. )

Except that pilots, in general, do not have operational control and thus cannot cancel legs. I have seen a few write up certain items in such a colorful language that it could not be MEL'd, and as a result had to either shift to another aircraft (causing a delay), or the cancellation of the leg (from dispatch). However, it was a "slippery slope" because the crew, or parts of, could be reassigned. Sometimes it worked, other times it didnt. Especially when crew scheduling knows it is the last turn of a multi-day pattern.

I have to imagine that some rules might start to develop with the respect to commuting. I was one for almost eight years with a regional carrier. But there is no way in frickin' heck that I would ever move to the base I was at!