In the USA, it is not uncommon for pilots to "commute" many hundreds of miles to their pilot base. For example, I know for a fact that there are plenty of DL pilots who still live in the suburbs of Boston even though the BOS pilots base closed years ago.
A fellow I knew well used to leave his suburban Boston home around 1130AM, head for Boston Logan, take the 1230 or 130PM shuttle to LGA, taxi to JFK in time to captain the JFK-SVO flight leaving approximately 5 PM. After 9+ hours at the controls, there's the landing at SVO at what is about 2AM body time.
Mitigating factors were that there was an extra relief pilot on board, allowing the chance to catch some sleep, and the fact that he had to do this trip only 5 times a month or so.
My point is that at least in the US, many pilots are traveling many hours simply to get to their cockpit!