I basically spent my first 5 years as an MD-11 Capt on B-Reserve. For many of those years, EVERY VIPS SCHEDULE CHANGE request was DISAPPROVED - INSUFFICIENT RESERVES!*? It didn't pass the "common sense test." MAX OPEN didn't seem to matter? It didn't seem to matter that I was trying to move R days to a day that had less RSV coverage?

My guess is the 777 has joined the rest of Airline Scheduling. Welcome to the club