Interesting read this is.
I find it somewhat of a conflict where people "commuting" in their own time are essentially making a donation of that time to their employer. It seems from many comments that this is acceptable to the point that some get quite huffy defending this donation.
Of course this charitable gift to the airlines is reciprocated by them in return to the flight staff, isn't it!
As a matter of interest, when you are donating this time by commuting on 'days off', are you covered by worker compensation insurance or your 'loss of licence' insurance should you suffer a work related injury or even death as the direct result of this 'commuting'
CC