Originally Posted by
pilotgolfer
We should be going for a min per duty period. Have you seen the trips with a 5am departure to a day sleep, then fly out that night? That's two duty periods but it all falls in same day.
Old UAL had min per duty of 5 hours, which resulted in a 3 day redeye trip (either east coast or Hawaii) that only paid 10 hours. Or a 5 day domestic trip, 4 duty periods with a 30 hour layover, that paid 20 hours.
Pick your poison. The company will figure out how to build trips that cost them the least amount of $$.