13 days is what I am willing to work for 70 hours pay. As a commuter (I know, it's a choice), short call days are spent away from home therefore I consider them work days. I spend long call days at home, Even though I have to be ready to go, I am at home so I do not consider those work days. Obviously I can never plan on a long call day. Doing the math, I am happy with 70 hours pay any month where I get 5 long calls. I have been getting 5 or more long calls pretty consistently since September. I expect this to change in June.

I personally am not willing to give up what is in the negotiator's notepad for a higher guarantee. I can live with not getting credit for short call. It infuriates me though that lineholders get more credit for the exact same trip. Once you are assigned a trip on reserve, you should be treated as a lineholder for that trip. I had one trip on reserve towards the end of the month where I was about to break guarantee by about 4 hours. Our plane broke at an outstation in the middle of the day right after we pushed. 7 hours later we were flying that same plane back to ATL. Our last turn was obviously given to another crew. My captain got paid for it. I didn't even though we finished when we were supposed to. My point is reserves do not get cancellation pay. The 5:15 look-back is pretty much worthless due to dead-head only days and trips with less duty periods than calender days.