Except the NPRM doesn't tell you where you have to live, only that you have to be rested and fit for duty. What you suggest may be a big issue, but it's not the relevant issue in this case.

The NPRM language is incorrectly skewed by the 3407 lobby, based on a non-related case, but the refernces to commuting are nonetheless present in the text. With Pandora's box opened, I think there is no way you successfully argue that anything that happens before you fly is only your business. If it were so, there would also be no alcohol regs.

Again, I'm not arguing any of this is good, and I disagree with the inclusion of the language, but it seems to me the most logical solution that might then work for all parties would be for pilots to be affored an option to pick up trips close to home. This isn't a case of advocating for something on my part: I prefer driving to my junior, big base, and I have no incentive to see the flying shift to satellite bases.