Originally Posted by DoubleTrouble

Perhaps I am not fully understanding your post, but the change to a reserve pilot's obligation to remain on call is substantial, even for a domestic pilot. Under prior contracts when a reserve pilot was within 2 hours of the ALV (or cap even further back), that pilot was done if he/she so desired (one could always yellow slip). Now if a pilot is under the ALV by a minute, that pilot must still be available until he/she has actually gone over the ALV. There can and will be periods when this is a significant benefit to the company.

I imagine the MEC saw the costing for the changes to the last contract and determined that this change was acceptable for the improvements the pilots attained.