Originally Posted by
slantgolf
Right... but for trips. As a line holder its common to have lost days and inefficient trips that are 4 days away from home for 9 hours pay.
Not common at all. Actually, almost unheard of.
Some 7-10 hour 3 day-trips (which you can most of the time trade away from to a much more productive 4-day), but the 7-9 hour 4-days in open time are scraps from trips where people pick up the turns from the first or last day.