Originally Posted by
PICsf340
Huge difference. Either they get you a ticket from your home airport, or you have to get to a gateway on your own time. For those looking at QOL, that difference matters.
If you're living in the USA there are just about enough airports to live anywhere your heart desires. There is no functional difference (maybe if you live in Buford, Wyoming it's an issue). But you are "home based" and must be able to get to your gateway within 2 hours. Not sure what the confusion is. You can always try to get alternate travel or make a longer drive as long as you can do the 2 hour window on a short call day (1 per month usually). Long call is 10-ish hours.
Originally Posted by
JungleJetDriver
Uncle Sam and the company may want me to pay the taxes on the imputed income of gateway basing.
They will not because we do not have assigned bases like Atlas. We also don't travel before or after duty days to get from or to home.