ok...one more....speaking of 'min rest', have you heard of cd's?
CD - continuous duty overnight.
Basically, you fly the last flight to an outstation, remain on duty overnight, and show up at the airport in time in the morning to operate the first flight back to base. So, rather than the company having to give you 8 hrs of rest, they keep you on duty overnight so that the morning flight will never be delayed due to crew rest. Eg - in at 2230, take the hotel van back to the airport at 450 for a 550 departure. Some people love um though because you're home during the day. Only problem I have is the people who bid for that reason and end up staying up all day as well to take care of family life. Somewhere in there, you can't be getting enough rest to be on your game all month...... Ok, rant over.