Originally Posted by APC225

You miss the entire point of decent reserve rules. Even if it's "self-inflicted" for all but new hires, by dumping crappy QOL of new hires you welcome them into your pilot group with a great big slap in the face. When it comes time for unity in contract vote or any other union effort they return the favor. Since the senior pilots hosed them, they see no reason to stand with them. And, since everyone is a new hire at some point, you eventually create a group of pilots that despise anyone senior to them and, as in any abusive relationship, now feel it's ok to dump on anyone junior to them.

Also, next time there's a 10% furlough of the pilot group, you'll see non-"self-inflicted" commuters and non-"self-inflicted" reserves all over the place, and they won't be new hires. Times are good now, but they will get ugly again. It's cyclical. They always do.