Hmm, you'll probably lose the same amount as every other pilot that went before you and made the same choices of income, quality of life, etc. If you look at a 30 year career as a whole, factoring out the ups and downs of the industry, we ALL make those choices. As a line holder, I would rather see a even larger pay raise in exchange for zero improvements to reserve. Yes, I've sat reserve in my career, at times by choice (bidding), and at times not by choice (being bumped). Reserve never seemed that bad because I've always chosen to live within driving distance of the airport. Once again, a choice I made. When I was based in SFO, I chose to live within driving distance of the airport; living expenses were higher than if I had lived out of state, but it was my own choice.

Back in 2008, when I was a reserve Bus Captain in SFO, I received a call from some chucklehead that lived in Denver. He left a message on my answering machine that said, "I'm lining up for short call tomorrow and was hoping, since you live in the area, you'd pick it up." Needless to say, I didn't call him back. At the time, I had been displaced and was going backwards, back to the right seat. This chucklehead in Denver wasn't displaced .. he made the choice to commute to that seat and then expected others to pick up the short calls.

The point of all this : increased pay benefits everyone .. line holders and reserves, narrow body and wide body. Reserve improvements help .. reserves.