The 737 needs a MDC that is conputed on a daily basis, not a pairing average. Long haul needs this too to eliminate those six day trips that contain four sectors.
I am an advocate of a duty/ flight time ratio in the vicinity of 1.75:1. For each 7 hrs of duty 4 hours flight credit is the minimum pay.
If you make the option for stupid scheduling too expensive it will disappear pretty damned quickly.
As far as min monthly credit...why not make it a rolling average of the previous six months? Or something more typical like 75 or 80 hrs? I like the rolling average because it has a built in disincentive to under crew.
I am also astonished that unions don't make pay freezes conditional on no exec bonuses for five years or instant claw-back. That infamous freeze we took a while back has been all eaten up in C-suite bonuses since then. Still feel valued?
Me neither.