Originally Posted by studentpilot

RIGs, coupled with the optimizer, are why the trip quality isn't where we want it to be. Where you create a requirement for pay, you create an incentive to fill it with flying.

The solution isn't more RIGs, it's contractual limits on bad trips, such as a limit on legs per day, length of overnight, a break in the middle of a long day, etc.

You need a guardrail on both sides of trip construction. RIGs protect from highly inefficient trips. Contractual limits protect trips from being too efficient.