you start off with a great line that you bid, 17 days of work. day one and last day are pro rated with 4.95 the rest of the days are paid at 4.95 or what ever you fly which ever is more. Then as you start your trip the changes start and next thing you know your nice 90+ hr line is down to 30 hrs of flying and your are on R1 (home reserve) for a bunch of days and so on. now you are down to your guarantee. It can go the other way and get those nice pay checks like Twin is talking about too. I think that is what happens at Atlas. In the Galley we are always busy, working none stop. But we make peanuts compared to the glorified pilots make.

Kitchen out, got to make more coffee