An unexpected gain is no FSAP for not extending 30 minutes or less. It was wrong to use a safety program as a payroll tool. Also the 30 minute free extension is no longer free, but 2.5 hours of pay. This is a gain, not just for our compensation, but because it forces some actual thought into scheduling asking for an extension. If it costs them money to extend by just one minute then then it may drive some changes to pairing construction, cobbled together reserve assignments, and mid-pairing add ons/reassignments. It will probably add some internal scheduling vetting to the 30 minute extension request, forcing them to look for alternatives first.

I would liked to have seen SC/FSBs have the same type of provision. All SC/FSBs with add pay, used or not, enough that they have to put some thought into it. I was disappointed at Heppner's reasoning for dropping reserve discussions, that they were too far apart. He said they pushed away from the table twice on other issues and the company moved further to our position. Why not push away a third time on reserve improvements. For many, that was a walk away item as well.