The above IS flying the CBA. Now non-revving yourself around to problem spots in the system, then calling scheduling tell them you have put yourself on airport standby... That would NOT be flying the CBA. If you don't want anyone, including commutters to ever make a change to his schedule which benefits the pilot,, just say that.

My understanding is that scheduling these days is not will to do the compound deals they did a year and a half ago.

I do like the peacetime / wartime analogy that was made.