I'm with you- particularly since the co will be obliged to cover hotel for all on call days and pos space (not sure if this is VB and TDY, or just TDY). There are maybe three areas of the country where the co could reliably get enough pilots to virtual base. Greater MCO area, DFW, and potentially CVG come to mind for me. The calculus has changed on this since the TA last summer where pos space was not included, so potentially more enticing to commuters, but as a test under the veto of the union- I see this ending up just like the "pickup open reserve days" option the co wanted a few LOAs ago- it's there, just not worth the cost and effort to use it.

The details are important, but if the union can turn it off, this seems like much ado about nothing.