[quote=FLMD11CAPT;175245]They are being optomized by being shorter. Used to be you would have this 12 day Asia tour w/a 72 hr L/O in Subic, HKG or NRT. Then somtime after your legal rest period during the 72, you would get tagged w/1 or 2 extra legs which would wash out within TAFB. I.E. more work, same pay.

A) Oops, "sorry skeds, I have a glass of scotch in my left hand as we speak". (8 hours until show)
B) Oops, "sorry skeds, I just got back from skuba diving". (24 hours off until show)
C) ring,ring,ring,ring,ring,ring,ring "we're sorry, the guest you are trying to reach is not available".
Of course, if they nail you with the revision as you're getting off the jet you will have to be more creative. "Sorry skeds, I was on the way back from the Christian Science Reading Room in Bario Baretto, when I was bitten by a black mamba!"