Just to be clear, we do not have home basing. We have proposed this to the company, but they continue to reject it. If you live at your base, you do not qualify for gateway travel EVER! unless you get involuntarily forced out of your base.

Commuting is the hardest part of this job IMHO. You travel on your own time to your base which eats away many days each year of your time. Gateway travel helps because you don't have to worry about making it. You have a ticket.