Yep, and I remember 3 day trips that paid as little as 11. LAX to Mexico or LAX-Hawaii. The open time for LAX was filled with those.

People poo-poo scheduling rule improvements but I think they are key. They are hard to explain to Wall Street (they don't grab headlines like a "8% pay increase!") and FAs don't seem to care about scheduling improvements.

When I talk with my SWA buddy, his hourly rate isn't much lower than mine, we're both on the 737 but he grosses about 25% more... because of better pay for scheduling issues like reroutes.