Originally Posted by
threeighteen
In the airline industry, outstation bases typically pay more due to their more efficient nature because they typically start early on day 1 and finish late on day 3 or 4. You're basically doing a hub's trip but with two extra legs. Expect to switch from AM flying to PM flying on one of the middle days of the trip.
It depends on how you define efficient. Outstation trips typically pay on rigs - or hard time is build to match rig time.
yes, it may mean more absolute $ for a 3 or 4 day trip but $ / time away is typically worse.