Originally Posted by
Zorak
ISTR the marketing materials for the new earning schedule made a big deal about how they were "simplifying" things

and that a PQF would be a takeoff and a landing, period. In which case the Hopper ought to count for 6 (and this was mentioned in the mega-thread). But whether UA considered that is a whole 'nother question, and whether they correctly implemented it is another one still.
I forgot about the new PQF being 'simplified' to the take off and landing part. I'd be interested to know too then if this would indeed be implement for the hopper route. Isn't GUM still on the old Continental systems?