the argument was that even though it "paid" 5 hours, since that was not counted unless you broke guarantee, you frequently didn't get paid for it????

now you don't get paid for the first two, but get paid an hour for any after that. (whether you break guarantee or not)

I would love it to see some historical analysis on which of those methods proved to be more lucrative for the pilots. I realize there have been many other changes (FAR 117) but we certainly seem to have more FSBs now than in the past.