Originally Posted by
rickair7777
You have to consider what they *could* do with any new rules. People tend to look at how new rules would affect their current trips, but the company can and will adapt pairing construction to changes in rules.
One place I worked started really loading up the last day after 117 went into effect, on the premise that you'd be less likely to call fatigue, and more likely to take an extension on go-home day. They also made sure you didn't turn through base either.
We had a brief stint of ADTG at my previous employer. There were ways to get lots of soft time with it. If a trip had a victory lap at the beginning or end like a GEG or PDX turn or similar you could usually get someone to pick it up because it would pay a min day for 2 hours of flying and you didn't mind dropping it because if your other leg to or from the overnight was something short you were usually not loosing much by giving it up. On the flip side, there were certain pairings where the company could win too.