Originally Posted by
bugman61
This is only true if you have no more on call days to change into PB/PR and are instead putting PB days in the bank. If you have on call days left, the difference between a trip releasing at 1445 and 1515 is only moving the end of your PR 30 minutes later from 2345 to 0015.
That's why I said "assuming you havent flown a GS yet." Throwing in the PR day makes it more complex.
I actually should have said "assuming you don't have any PB/PR days on your schedule yet" because it is possible to have PB days due to other reasons.