Originally Posted by
IH8ROADS
I don't think it would change much. The amout of reserves required for the month should stay the same. Ideally its better for commuters to only have to commute for three blocks of six days for the month. 6 days on with 4 or 5 off in between would be nice and only do the dreaded commute 3 times a month would be even better.
Yep this is about all it does for reserves, but the big gain is what it does for the line holders. When reserves are allowed the flexibility of 6-1(or 5-1, 4-1, 3-1 for that matter) it allows for more combinations of reserve schedules around potential coverage award days.(highly requested days off, xmas, easter) It basically allows for more people to be awarded the requested days off in seniority order.
Since the restriction of max 6 on and min 2 off for reserves, we have seen the unstacking of trips raise to a much higher seniority level than before the restriction.