Has anyone actually stood a "hotel standby" from their Memphis home, at the request of CRS? I ask this because it would seem to me that once you are past the report time for the "trip" then you should be legally covered, if by happenstance, you manage to either get into an accident on the drive in to work, or for whatever reason, fail to show if the standby was activated. Since I don't believe that the company will provide indemnity in either case, I personally find it highly unlikely that they would actually offer or ask someone to accept a standby period from home. Again, the question is "does anyone know of someone who actually did one of these (at the company's request?)" Otherwise, I'd consider it an old-wives-tale.
JJ