Originally Posted by
Gspeed
It seems that monthly bidding for short call could be a way to force the company to pay you above the monthly max? Bid all 6 at the end of the month while knowing that you’ll likely serve 4+ earlier in the month. Then those last few SC’s will pay you 3 hours each regardless of whether or not you get assigned a trip. Note: you’d get the extra money for the first SC above the monthly max even if you get a trip on that day, but obviously the subsequent SC’s would be knocked out by that trip and I assume you won’t get any extra money for those SC’s that are removed due to the trip.
If we have six at the end of the month, is there any reason to believe that they'd give you more than six SC? Either way, it could work out in your favor, but given how few there are to bid, I'm not convinced they'd need to go above six. All this would do for them is ensure they have SC at the end of the month.