Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot

Everyone read this again! The example question in post 13 is NOT trip averaging. Btw most airlines have trip averaging. What they also have is min CALENDAR DAY. We have min DUTY PERIOD and that's the problem in this scenario. Never mind that our min duty period even has a lower credit on it than their min calendar day. And never mind we have massively lower pay rate attached to that credit. And never mind we have a lower retirement contribution on that pay and credit and pairing. We lost four times on that pairing. The sum of those parts is exponential not simple addition. That's just one pairing!

But hey these are the below standard work rules the company thinks are too expensive to get standard compensation. I'm getting really tired of hearing people tell me we have amazing work rules.