Shortfall
A shortfall is the charge Syndik8 applies when a booking uses less than the minimum usage the syndicate has configured for the days it covers. Each asset can set a minimum usage per weekday and per weekend day; when a booking falls below that minimum, the difference is the shortfall in hours.
The shortfall charge is shortfall hours × shortfall rate in the syndicate’s currency. It is posted as a single ledger entry when the booking is finalised, and only once a person has seen it. A pilot who closes their own booking is shown the shortfall and accepts it by closing. Otherwise an admin finalises the booking and can waive the shortfall. Auto-finalisation never posts a shortfall: a booking with one waits for an admin.
When a pilot closes a booking early, the syndicate chooses whether the minimum is still worked out on the booking as made (the default) or only on the time they kept. See when a member closes early.
Maintenance bookings never carry a shortfall: the minimum-usage rule applies only to non-maintenance bookings.