That was my first thought as well. Consider this:

The company staffs to fly the heavy summer schedule. This is very apparent to us reserve pilots that rarely fly from Labor Day to Memorial Day and then redline all summer long. Mgmt is apparently fine with the carrying costs of keeping extra pilots in the shoulder months - this is good for the pilot group as it keeps more of us around.

Now, if we allow them to fly our reserves past the redline (ALV), they will be able to fly the summer schedule with fewer pilots thus lowering their carrying costs in the shoulder months.

Of course this staffing impact can be mitigated by other areas (min calendar day, like ACL mentioned, among others.) It will definitely be a total package decision to make (much like the scope decision we will be facing.)

So far, there's not enough information to begin forming an opinion. The big items (scope, payrates, duty rigs, premium pay, vacation/training pay, etc) will decide whether this is worth going after. It is nice to see some of the items cleaned up like sick harrassment, 75% pay, and so on. I do appreciate the NC's effort at the table and taking the time to send us some info, as we're clearly information starved here