Originally Posted by Av8trix

The important thing to realize here is that ASA ALPA doesn't give a rat's bum about reserves/ reserve quality of life.

PBS reserve bidding was a loss of QOL, by tying your off days to your callout period. (Granted, Vacation low has had some unintended benefit, but that's a byproduct of a lineholder "feature")

Reserve lines have gone from consistently having a small selection of lines with weekend GDO's to months where NO lines had a single weekend GDO day. That's right, not a single Friday, Saturday, or Sunday GDO. Non-inviolate days get moved according to company convenience and are worthless for life planning purposes.

ACARS notification was a stealth concession. In the air, a reserve has no way of determining that an assignment is legal, and/or assigned in the proper bucket, etc.

So-called contract "protections" for reserves go out the window in understaffed (wait, no, "properly staffed") situations, like last summer. 6 day continuous trips prohibited? Guess again- the company simply has to claim that a lineholder would be extended, or a trip cancelled, and they can have you as long as they want. Same thing for the moving of off days. Then, they only have to offer you a "selection" of choices for replacing the day off. Don't like their selection? tough titty.

Oh, and a reserve quality of life study group, that consisted of nothing but lineholders. Way to stay in touch with the hotbutton issues. I'm sure there was some good catering at the meetings at least.