Originally Posted by
cesnacaptn
What are your rigs? Don't you guys have a 3.5 trip rig and and a 5.25 min average/duty? How could you end up with a four day worth <18?
The worst credit trip I've seen at Alaska is a four day that started in the afternoon on day one and ended with a redeye at 5am on the forth calendar day (the trip was three duty periods). The trip rig still brought the credit up to 19+ hours.
It happens now because we do not 5:15 per day unless you are scheduled to fly on a calendar day of the trip. So if you spend a day in the hotel you get nothing. The trip rig could come into play if the trip starts early and ends late, then this could be off set. 737 in NYC has a fair number of 4 days less than 21:00 which is 5:15 x 4 = 21:00.