Speaking of golden days, someone posted something recently that got me thinking. What is the benefit of golden days anymore. You're only helping them with rest requirements and they can still reroute you into them. With 18 hour callout, you're effectively released at 0600 on your last day anyway. They're pretty stingy about 1 day SC's so I'm not sure there is much of a gain there. This person said they actaully swap their off days to clear them off their schedule. Never thought much about it, but they seem to have a point. I'm probably missing something though.