Originally Posted by
Apejackson
This is the only way the Union should even bother to bring it to the pilots. If we have strong min-day and rigs then I wouldn’t even care what kind of BS trips they build because they would pay a decent amount. The 12 hour 4-days that have been common from even before COVID were what would get dropped into open time. Combine that with the hacked-up trips from conflicts and you’ve got an open-time pot with nothing but crap. We have to carry so many reserves because of the crap that nobody wants needs to be covered.
Rigs are essentially useless for the type of flying we do, the min day would come into play 99% of the time before a trip/duty rig. Min day no carve outs, and don’t waste negotiation power on rigs.