Originally Posted by
dera
You're saying that those airlines pay you for dropped trips?
Or if you trade into lower value trips?
Or MA's?
Or sick calls if you have no accrued sick time?
Or if you cancel a flight because of a deferrable MEL item?
Quick fact: No, they don't.
Those are caused by the pilot.
If you are removed from a flight because you have a 7 day conflict, or you are approaching a flying hour lookback limit, you still get paid at those other places. If you are removed from a flight because scheduling opted to use a reserve so that the flight wasn't delayed, you still get paid for that flight for it's full value, regardless of what happened with the rest of the sequence.
It's a huge difference.