I have never seen that to be true mully. In every situation that I have promised a JR 10 minutes, he has never complained about only getting 10. I would love for someone to show me different, but after my conversations with CS I am 99% sure that the scenario I laid out in post #1 is always the case. Sadly.
Me and the CS goons went back and forth over this matter late last year. I highly doubt that anything has changed, but if anyone wants to prove me wrong I will have my crow deep fried please.
The whole point of this thread is not how much 10 guaranteed minutes are worth, but how it is better to promise 10 then none at all on a JR recruit.
As just a guess though, I would say that 10 minutes are worth a HV, 25 minutes a CV, and a promised start a HV. Just throwing a dart at the board.