Howdy from Trumpland. Commuting from Australia worked for me, but ONLY during the training phase. This was about 4 months for me where they would pos space me home and I could still fly in Oz whilst picking up the USD paycheck. Once you hit SIMs this is not really feasible, and anyway right now we have a heap of well paid OT (circa $150 usd per flight hour) on offer to pickup trips so this the current focus for me.
see me a PM if you want to split the PDT referral bonus with me ($5000 Pre tax)
cheers Ralphi.