Originally Posted by
Polarfr8dog
Talon,
Not to get this thread off track but the red highlight above needs some correction. The company is responsible to get you from you HOME and it doesn't have to be your Gateway. Thus, the reason it's called Home Reserve and capitalized as a legal definition in the CBA.
The Company can send a cab, limo, chariot, or any other mode of transportation to get you moving out of your Home. It's their responsibility and their dime. There's a recent discussion on this very topic on the Union Forum and I urge everyone to check it out as you guys are taking on expenses that you don't need to be doing.
So to summarize, Gateway Travel is something you excercise as a way to get to a trip or your base. Home Reserve is a "don't sweat it" 'cuz it's the company's responsibility and you may fly out of an airport that isn't your Gateway.
Hope this helps.
Thanks, Polar.
I had been following this on the Union site but wasn't sure if it had played out completely yet. Living out in the sticks like we do, I suspect my life is easier by using my gateway of MSO. I can see the advantage of doing otherwise if one lives closer to civilization, though.
To all reading this....: This kind of interaction is what you can expect when you come here. Civil discourse about what's going on rather than the bombast that often happens elsewhere. This is a good place to be.