You're 100% correct. I got a little worked up during my response. This TA is a step in the right direction, but it still needs improvemnts on the reserve side. Eleven days off prevents us from open time participation, which essentially is a pay raise for everyone else.
Ready reseve is a waste of time. I haven't been used in four months on ready, and many of my colleagues say the same. ALPA knows ready reserve is a problem with the pilot group. It shouldn't be that hard to at least minimize the amount of ready assignments in one reserve stretch.