I have reproduced the term from elsewhere which was not an official source so I agree the term 'Duty Hour' is confusing in how it is applied.
The point i was making was that the MF wage is not as poor as BASSA are making out.
BA are using 2500 hours swipe-in to swipe-out per year as a base for their estimate of 17k. Well GSAplha as you have quite rightly said thats not many per week (I would use a 48 weeks as a base for my calculations rather that 52 as people do have to have leave). I would fully expect MF crews to exceed 2500hrs and earn more.
If you worked out the hourly rate based solely on time from report to clear then it would be significantly higher than my previously posted one.