Desperate
Well said.
A pilot living in Wales, for example, and accepting a job in Heathrow, that is his choice. The passengers, crew and the airline should expect nothing but a fully prepared, rested and able pilot to turn up for work. If said pilot cannot afford to find lodgings close enough to achieve the same, he should not accept the job and should allow someone who is prepared to abide by the rules to take it.
You wanna live in Wales? Take a job in Wales. If not move your house, your pregnant girlfriend and your wife and kids to the area, or rent a bed nearby, otherwise let someone else take the job.
Remember the story of the pilot in the US who used to fly his private airplane to work? Was rather foggy one morning, but he was so desparate to get to work on time, he landed on the taxiway!
Driving home long distances after a fatiguing day is as criminal as getting in an airplane unfit to fly. Both could kill innocent people.
Blaming fatiguing schedules only works if you abide by the same principles!
Cb