When you have your gateway base selected, for instance MCI, what determines what airline you will be placed on to get you to the airplane? Does the DH pilot have the ability to request a particular company?
You can ask for whatever you want. If it is reasonable, they will do it. Often, it is too expensive, or the schedule you want doesn't match with their schedule.
Sometimes I ask for a specific airline, or sometimes a specific flight. Sometimes I get it, sometimes I don't.
You can also ask for "alternative travel", which is where they airline you somewhere else besides your gateway.
If you don't live near a gateway, you may be able to get a new gateway designated for you....or you may not.
Also, if you live within 2 hours of more than one gateway, they can travel you out of whichever gateway.
cliff
ANC