Originally Posted by
atpcliff
Trip rig would be you are awarded a trip and are guaranteed so many hours of credit/pay for that whole trip. Atlas will not have a trip rig. You could bid for an 80 hour line, and have it reduced to 20 hours.
I have to disagree. This is an example of "Line protection". Your right, Atlas will never have line protection, but then again, I never thought we would have any kind of rigs, so time will tell.