Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot

That math doesn't really add up. That crew only did 2 days worth of work for 13.5 which if it were turns the company would have paid 13.5 anyway with no hotels and they wouldn't have burned a third duty period. You're showing more pay for the turns over three days but the company is gaining an extra day of productivity out of a crew in the same amount of duty periods. Trip averaging is bad for many reasons (although it is industry standard) but this scenario doesn't explain why it leads to crews overnighting in other bases.