Originally Posted by
733driver
I'm surprised that a couple of respected contributors liked this comment. I think the response given is wrong and could lead to real problems down the road. If you intend to use a temporary gateway as your de facto permanent gateway then please get it in writing from the company that they are ok with it. I think you won't get that statement. They know that social security needs to be paid in the country where a crew member regularly starts and finishes their duty. If the temporary and permanent gateways are in the same country then this should not be a problem, If they are not then this could become very problematic at some point. The term gateway is not legally defined but the term homebase is:
“home base” means the location, assigned by the operator to the crew member, from where the crew member normally starts and ends a duty period or a series of duty periods and where, under normal circumstances, the operator is not responsible for the accommodation of the crew member concerned;
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...X%3A32014R0083
https://www.eurocockpit.eu/news/new-...w-does-it-work
The question was is this possible and does the company allow it.
And the answer to both is yes.
I and many with me have been doing it non-stop or at least prolonged periods with full knowledge/approval of the company.
Wether or not it is actually legal in the long run (see Scandis using CPH but living in ARN), is another matter.
But even there, the company still allows these crew members their ARN base/gateway now.
Because they know if they touch it, **** will hit the proverbial fan.