RJS
It seems the most stable way to pick up SY pay rates (without having to have CWA open time alerts and worry about someone senior also deciding to bid straight and thus lose the pairing) is to bid MOT
Why MOT? Because it has lots of undesirable little turns that pay 2-3 TFP. No one wants them. You can grow each of them into a nice 3-day that pays above 20 using ELITT. So set your phone alarm each month on the 23rd. Bid all the MOT turns that you are legal for, but choose only award 1 from the drop down menu. Then take your award wherever it pops up and trade that sucker on ELITT. Boom! That /M now goes on a 3-day that pays at least 19.5 and you do not have to play open time bingo against the premium sharks.
Note: Due to 117 rules and the forward block limits, it is not worth it to try and pick up two turns in hopes of trading them up to 3-days because both of them would have to be super low block to make you legal. But if you live in domicile, you may wish to bid for all turns that you are legal...and make your second year pay "Johnny Cash" style, that is, one piece at a time.
Hope this helps. Send me a PM if it is confusing. And read the contract! Everything I just explained is in there!!