Originally Posted by LeineLodge

I don't disagree with a thing you're saying fwiw.

The main benefit is the ADG. SC went to 12 hours from notification from 10 which basically covers the 2 hour period that could have been previously used for a commute. 2 hour commute was retained for day 1 IF they assign it prior to 1500 on your last x day. I view it as you still have to be in base no sooner than 1200 on day 1. You just have to be ready to go if you're on SC. To me that's way better than 5am potentially.

What the company chooses to do outside of the PWA (ie noon on day 1) can also be taken away. Having 10am with a de facto noon earliest start, in the PWA, is locked in now. It used to be 5am. Don't keno about you, but I frequently had an early RAP on day 1 requiring a commute in the night before.

I don't know about the 2 hour early release. I'll have to dig a bit more on that one.