Originally Posted by Sniper
A trip rig is a useless concept for regionals - the trips are too short for the rig to kick in.
Disagree.
If you have a trip with 80hr TAFB, a 3.5:1 trip rig will earn you 22:51 in pay; a 4:1 trip rig earns you 20 hours.
There were 4-day trips at AWAC back in 2007 that started early day 1 and finished late day 4 with 79-82hr TAFB and credited between 18-21hr pay.
In many cases the 4:1 trip rig would have provided some additional credits, but the 3.5:1 trip rig would have really made a big difference.