WS in good reserve coverage
I am fairly new here, bouncing between reserve and line. I get not picking up extra when manning is tight to help negotiations, but if there is good reserve coverage, doesn't it help the pilots as a group if line holders WS? Then they get extra $ (admittedly with qol trade)and the reserve gets to stay home and get paid same amount. If the lineholders don't WS, the reserve goes to work at no extra pay. GS is not a player in this case because the reserve coverage is there.
I get it that the company might adjust their expected extra flying figures and hire less for a whole (