This coming Jan 1, we get our 1:3.5 trip rig. If you take your total TAFB (Time Away From Base) or total time from report time on day one to release time on your last day and divide by 3.5, that's the absolute minimum you'll get paid. If you apply this to a current 6 day trip you'd likely see an extra 6 to 9 hours of pay on average. Not only does this increase your average pay per day but it will also likely increase your number of days off as we base our schedules on target credit. Also on Jan 1 we get an "average 5 hour min day" which is essentially the same as a trip rig and there will be very few days that it actually makes a difference. The following Jan 1 however is when we finally get our actual 5 hour min day guarantee. This means that the minimum pay for a day away from home is 5 hours. For example: If you have a 20hr 4 day trip you won't see a difference, however let's say you have a 4 day trip with 7hrs day one, 7 hrs day two, nothing on day three and another 7hrs on day 4. Under the current rules you'd get 21 hours because 21 is greater than the 5hr/day average of 20hrs. Under the new min day rule you'd get 7+7+5 +7 which would pay 26 hours. This protects your time, if they want to waste your time away from home then at least they have to compensate you and the extra hours count towards your monthly maximum, resulting in more days off than you'd have under the current rules.