Originally Posted by
saturn
I'd argue since 2018 we haven't seen much increase in value per day, just increased productivity for siimilar pay. NB 3 days are usually ~15:45, 4 days ~21:00. Diference is now the block time is closer ro 15:45, 21:00...soft credit is being eliminated. They've found combining inherent unproductive days with high block days results in no increase in pay, as long as doesn't exceed min trip salaray aka ADG.
Your soft credit claim is spot-on. Pre-sodomizer, wasn’t unusual for an 88 trip to have 4-5 hours of credit. Granted, it was a 21 hour pay trip but…it just wasn’t that busy, usually with at least one nice16-18 hour layover.
Ironically, and the company has even stated this, reducing credit (“buffers”) has had the unintended consequence of being disastrous during IROPS of any kind. Simply no make-up capability with tight turns and max duty days. I’m hopeful that reliability and on-time performance win the day soon and our rotations get better.