Originally Posted by
Bluediver
A 5 hr min day would be fine as the trips are made today. JFK-KIN-JFK pays 8 day one followed by 2-4 paying 15. A min day instead of average would capture that extra 3 that is stolen from you today. Of course 6 is fine too and drives them to build a more productive trip. Buyer beware though, a 24 hr productive 4 day is likely to include at least 20 hrs block. I’m rather fond of not blocking a 1000 a year.
The problem can be addressed (solved is debatable) by either having a min daily rig, or an improved TAFB rig. An improved TAFB rig makes a trip the reports very early and duties off very late pay more than a trip that reports later and duties off earlier. It's a financial incentive to not have us lose every full day of our trips.
Just making a min day more than anything incentivizes adding a turn to the first and last day, and short layover SWA style trips. No thanks.