Could a current RY contract pilot cut through all the smoke here and confirm:
1) You are only paid for scheduled flight time - 'extra' plus any diversion time is unpaid?
2) Taking MAD-VLC a stage further - suppose at VLC due to slow pax transfer it became impossible to operate back to base and you took 'min rest' at either VLC or after going to MAD? Who arranges and pays hotac?
3) Following 1), does the subsequent flight (VLC-MAD or VLC-base) become a 'scheduled payment' flight?