If you add an extra crewmember it defeats the purpose: productivity and cost. If you believe this will 'screw with every other pilot's schedule' then use your union to prevent or block YOUR company from filing for the exemption.

ICAO rules are not 'screwing with every other pilot's schedule' and they function just fine. So what is your fear? Don't trust your company?? If ICAO-like rules work elsewhere why not here in the states??

IF this happens the trips will go super senior, and I'll never see any of them except by luck in open time.. But it is much safer than the current rules and is very productive, it will add like five more days off per month for a senior bidder. I can only dream.

B6Guy